It was very unlucky for Tommy Fox; but then, one might say that it was
very lucky for Frisky Squirrel.




III

The Stone that Walked


One day Frisky Squirrel was playing in the woods when he came upon a
chestnut bur which had lain upon the ground all winter. And in a
twinkling Frisky had picked the nut from inside it and popped it into
his mouth. Then he started home to show his mother what he had found.

But on the way home Frisky began to feel hungry. Just carrying that
nut inside his cheek was a little more than he could stand. And he
decided that he would eat the nut at once, and _tell_ his mother about
it, instead of _showing_ it to her.

So Frisky hopped up on the top of a broad, flat rock. And sitting down
right in the center of it, he began to gnaw at the chestnut. He was so
busy and so interested in what he was doing that before he knew it the
rock began to move. It moved so slowly that it was not until it
started to climb a little hummock, and nearly tipped Frisky over on
his back, that he noticed what was happening.

At first Frisky thought he must be dreaming. He nipped himself with
his sharp teeth to make sure that he was awake. And when he saw that