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.

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.