guessed that Sandy Chipmunk had been eating birds' eggs. And the reason
he was so careful to remove all signs of his feast was because he did not
want his mother to know what he had been doing.

Now you have heard the worst there is to know about Sandy Chipmunk.

To you it may seem odd that Mrs. Chipmunk did not think it wrong to rob
birds' nests. And now you know the worst about _her_.

Sandy's mother liked eggs just as much as he did. But her son was such
a little fellow that she was afraid he might get hurt climbing trees
and looking for eggs. She told him that some day some bird might
surprise him when he was enjoying a meal of her eggs, and peck out one
or two of his eyes.

"Keep away from the nests!" Mrs. Chipmunk said.

But Sandy had had too many tastes of birds' eggs. He simply couldn't
resist eating a few eggs now and then. Of course, when he did that he
disobeyed his mother. And of course, if she had known it she would have
punished him.

As the spring days sped past, the birds that lived in Farmer Green's
pasture grew very angry with Sandy Chipmunk. You see, it was not
long before they discovered who it was that was robbing their nests
now and then.

"You'd better leave birds' eggs alone!" Mr. Crow warned him one day. "A
number of my friends have told me what they're going to do to you, if
they catch you near their nests."