nd from the top of his tall basswood tree he could see

er forgot to pop the pits, so that under Robert Robin's ba

ing through the woods, and they saw the cherr

herry pits!" sai

its, they are basswood

herry pits!" sa

armer. "Cherries do not

said the hired man. "And if those are not cherry

ing to give up when you are wrong!" said the farmer. "H

little cherry stone rattled against the branches of the

a cherry pit, when both of us saw it drop off that basswood! Cherry pits don't drop off basswood trees, and for you to try

right!" said

the farmer. "I am most generally right

ivy, barehanded!" said the hired man, and

ch like cherry pits, that they woul

that the next time I am over this way, I am going to get some

nk came out from under his old home stump. Mister Chipmunk was wor

and tried to think where he could fin

ar by, and when he saw Mister Chipmu

so quiet to-day,

e are no beechnuts, this year, the wild-pea crop is a failure, the farmer has no

take the place of those thi

ble time living through the winter on wild buckwheat! My grandfather would have starved rather than eat wild buckwheat! And he would have starved, all righ

e woods, Mister Chipmunk?"

hip!' everyone knows that I am taking care of the woods, and if I did not keep a sharp lookout when men, and dogs, and cats come around, there would be many lives lo

d tree. It was a cherry pit which o

so Mister Chipmunk hurried over to see, and when Gabriel Chipmunk saw all the nice cherry pits scattered on the g

with the nice cherry pits, and ran for home

him. Billy Rabbit saw him running through the woods. "Who on earth is that?" said Billy Rabbit to himself. "That big head is running around

munk to come and help him, and both of them worked as fast as they could and in a very short time all the nice cherry pits

that they went to bed and s

Cherry Song," and while he was singing he heard some one coming through the woods. It w

, and looked, and looked, but he cou

e as scarce as hen's teeth! Some bird must have picked up every last one of them! I wouldn't have cared, only I was so sure about

nce and stood still. He was liste

ry sw

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ght!" said the hired man, "and if I knew as much as he does about wha