Gathering for Winter

Gathering for Winter Two brother squirrels, Fred and Ned, needed to fill the hollow of their tree with acorns. Ned watched Fred stuff one acorn into each cheek and hurry off to their tree with only two acorns. Ned wanted to collect more acorns than Fred. He stuffed one acorn into each cheek and one under each arm. He then put another acorn between his knees and another under his chin. He could hardly move, but he managed to balance another acorn on his head. Slowly, he walked towards their tree. He felt so proud of himself, thinking that Fred was so silly to carry only two acorns at a time.

收集粮食过冬 松鼠两兄弟弗雷德和奈德。需要用橡子填满树洞。 奈德看着弗雷德往两颊各塞了一颗橡果，然后带着只剩下的两颗橡果匆匆跑到他们的树上。 奈德想比弗雷德收集更多的橡子。 他把一颗橡子塞进两颊，腋下各塞一颗。然后他把另一颗橡子放在两膝之间，另一颗放在下巴下面。他几乎动弹不得，但他设法使头上的橡子保持平衡。 他慢慢地向他们的山脊走去。他为自己感到骄傲，认为弗雷德一次只带两颗橡果是多么愚蠢。

It was evening when Ned finally arrived back at their tree with his load of seven acorns. He was sure that he had brought home more acorns than Fred until he tried putting his acorns into the hollow of the tree. There was no room! Fred had filled it up to the top—just two acorns at a time.

当奈德带着七个橡果回到他们的树旁时，已经是晚上了。他肯定自己带回家的橡子比弗雷德多，直到他试着把橡子放进树洞里。 没有地方了!弗雷德把它填满了，一次两颗橡子。