But Sandy Chipmunk smiled at him.

"I mean, _sell_ me a handful," he explained. "And here's your ear of
corn." It really was Uncle Sammy's ear of corn, you know--just as
Sandy said.

But Uncle Sammy didn't know that. He didn't know it had come out of his
own basket. So he threw it into the basket and set a handful of
butternuts before Sandy Chipmunk.

Sandy was longer eating those, for the shells were harder and thicker
than the beechnut shells. But in a little while he was ready for more.

"How about your chestnuts?" he asked.

And Uncle Sammy turned his back again.

"I have a few," he said.

"I'll buy a handful," Sandy told him, as he pulled another ear of corn
out of the basket.

And after that Sandy bought hickory nuts and hazelnuts and walnuts.

"How about peanuts?" he asked then. "I've never eaten any; but I've heard
they are very good."

Uncle Sammy stood up and searched his shelves very carefully. And while
he was searching, Sandy Chipmunk took six ears of green corn out of the