apologizing for seeming so greedy.

"If I couldn't get my stomach full before night, I certainly should
freeze to death before morning," said he. "What a blessing it is to
have all this good food waiting for us. If I had to hunt for my usual
food on the trees, I certainly should have to give up and die. It took
all my strength to get over here. My, I feel like a new bird already!
Here comes Sammy Jay. I wonder if he will try to drive us away as he
usually does."

Sammy did nothing of the kind. He was very meek and most polite.
"Can you make room for a starving fellow to get a bite?" he asked.
"I wouldn't ask it but that I couldn't last another night without food."

"Dee, dee, dee! Always room for one more," replied Tommy Tit,
crowding over to give Sammy room. "Wasn't that a dreadful storm?"

"Worst I ever knew," mumbled Sammy. "I wonder if I ever will be warm
again."

Until their stomachs were full, not another word was said. Meanwhile
Chatterer the Red Squirrel had discovered that the storm was over. As
he floundered through the snow to another apple-tree he saw Tommy Tit
and his friends, and in his heart he rejoiced that they had found food
waiting for them. His own troubles were at an end, for in the tree he
was headed for was a store of corn.



CHAPTER XII: Granny And Reddy Fox Hunt In Vain