Then Striped Chipmunk and Happy Jack Squirrel and Jimmy Skunk and Mr. Rabbit started to tell Mr. Coon , who was cousin to old King Bear . `` On the way they met Hooty the Owl , and because he could fly softly and quickly , they sent Hooty the Owl to tell all the meadow people who were awake to come to the hollow chestnut tree . So Hooty the Owl flew away to tell all the little meadow people who were awake to meet at the hollow chestnut tree . `` When they reached the hollow chestnut tree whom should they find there but Mr. Meadow Mouse fast asleep beside the bag he had brought for Mr. Wharf Rat , who had wisely stayed away . `` Very softly Striped Chipmunk stole up and opened the bag . Out fell his store of fat acorns . Then they waked Mr. Meadow Mouse and marched him off to old Mother Nature , where they charged him with being a thief . `` Old Mother Nature listened to all they had to say . She saw the bag of acorns and she heard how Mr. Meadow Mouse had said that he had a planting of potatoes . Then she asked him if he had stolen the acorns . Yes , Sir , she asked him right out if he had stolen the acorns . `` Of course Mr. Meadow Mouse said that he had not stolen the acorns . '' ` Then where did you get the bag of acorns ? ' asked old Mother Nature . `` When she asked this , Mr. Wharf Rat , who was sitting in the crowd of meadow people , got up and softly tiptoed away when he thought no one was looking . But old Mother Nature saw him . You ca n't fool old Mother Nature . No , Sir , you ca n't fool old Mother Nature , and it 's of no use to try . `` Mr. Meadow Mouse did n't know what to say . He knew now that Mr. Wharf Rat must be the thief , but Mr. Wharf Rat was his cousin , and he had always looked up to him as a very fine gentleman .
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