`` Last of all Mr. Chipmunk led her to his secret store-house and showed her the pile of nuts he had worked so hard to get . Old Mother Nature did n't need to count them to see that there were not a thousand there . '' ` I 've done the best I could , ' said Mr. Chipmunk bravely , and he trembled all over , he was so tired . `` Old Mother Nature said never a word but went out on the Green Meadows and sent the Merry Little Breezes to call together all the little meadow people and all the little forest folks . When they had all gathered before her she suddenly turned to Mr. Gray Squirrel . '' ` Go bring me a hundred nuts from your store-house , ' said she . `` Then she turned to Mr. Fox Squirrel . '' ` Go bring me a hundred nuts from your store-house , ' said she . `` Last of all she called Mr. Red Squirrel out where all could see him . Mr. Red Squirrel crept out very slowly . His teeth chattered and his tail , of which he was so proud , dragged on the ground , for you see Mr. Red Squirrel had something on his mind . `` Then old Mother Nature told how she had ordered each squirrel to get and store for her a thousand nuts . She told just how selfish Mr. Gray Squirrel and Mr. Fox Squirrel had been . She told just how hard Mr. Chipmunk had worked and then she told how part of his precious store had been stolen . '' ` And there , ' said old Mother Nature in a loud voice so that every one should hear , ` there is the thief ! ' `` Then she commanded Mr. Red Squirrel to go to his store-house and bring her half of the biggest and best nuts he had there ! `` Mr. Red Squirrel sneaked off with his head hanging , and began to bring the nuts . And as he tramped back and forth , back and forth , all the little meadow people and all the little forest folks pointed their fingers at him and cried ` Thief ! Thief ! Thief ! '
`` When all the nuts had been brought to her by Mr. Gray Squirrel and Mr. Fox Squirrel and Mr. Red Squirrel , old Mother Nature gathered them all up and put them in the secret store-house of Mr. XXXXX .
Chipmunk Meadows Mother Mr. Nature Squirrel half mind store-house thief