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Once upon a time there was a little fat
comfortable grey squirrel, called Timmy Tiptoes.
He had a nest thatched with leaves in the top of a
tall tree; and he had a little squirrel wife called
Goody.
Timmy Tiptoes sat out, enjoying the breeze; he
whisked his tail and chuckled—"Little wife Goody,
the nuts are ripe; we must lay up a store for
winter and spring." Goody Tiptoes was busy
pushing moss under the thatch—"The nest is so
snug, we shall be sound asleep all winter." "Then
we shall wake up all the thinner, when there is
nothing to eat in spring-time," replied prudent
Timothy.
When Timmy and Goody Tiptoes came to the nut
thicket, they found other squirrels were there
already.
Timmy took off his jacket and hung it on a twig;
they worked away quietly by themselves.
Every day they made several journeys and picked
quantities of nuts.
