Bobby Gray Squirrel and his brothers often ran up into the pine tree to
play tag.

But Sammy Red Squirrel knew something about this tree that no one else
knew.

He knew where there was a small hole in one of the branches.

He found it one day when he ran up into the tree to eat a nut.

And when he saw the hole he said to himself, "That is a good place to
hide some nuts for the winter."

The hole was not very large, but Sammy hid ten acorns in it. He packed
them in one by one.

Last of all he put a piece of bark in the hole.

"This is a good door for my store-house," he said, "I am sure no one
will find these acorns."

And no one did find them.

Sammy ran to the hole very often and lifted the door just a crack.

The ten little acorns were just where he had put them.

"I will eat these nuts last of all," he said to himself.

All through the fall the little red squirrel hunted for nuts under the