Show 0 nature stories 0 1 I 1 the thanksgiving party ja 0 by eeza artward Art bard conner II 11 0 unusual amount p food had AK been laid in tor winter by a hospitable ground whose nam was jamrs chipmunk there was a chols peck of corns in ier underground besides two quarts ot buckwheat then or she hnz put away alt a of wheat some nice rich grass seeds and a pant ct indian corn these she IN THE EAST BURROW hid in a small closet burrow and covered the mouth over that her children the mischievous young chipmunks pot find them the only thing ehe was short on waa beechnuts beech nuts or there were not many beech trees left in her part ft tha country mrs chipmunk decided she would give a thanksgiving dinner to as many at her cousins ot the rodent family as ehe could accommodate in her burrow at one time the rodents are the largest animal family in the world and all its members ot the true blood have two pairs of ion chisel like front teeth one tn the upper law one tn the lower because 1 I this they are called rodents or these teeth are called in clears and keep growing as long as a lives old grandmother red squirrel was invited to mrs chipmunks party but had to send regrets because her front teeth had grown so long that she could no longer pry nuts open comfortably with them and ehe bad become very feeble from hunger indeed young fanny gray squirrel who skipped to the party with her cheeks full of beechnuts beech nuts said it was only a time when old lady red squirrels front teeth would fasten her mouth wide open and she would have to die of lockjaw miss gray squirrel brought the beechnuts beech nuts as her contribution to the thanksgiving feast the gopher came with professor rabbit the guinea rig was just behind alss gray squirrel and last of all was the prairie dog v ho came barking in i alone besides the distinguishing mark j 0 the two pairs of lone slim incisors ul tho rodent courin sr hal that other faan uy feature a told of hairy skin dropped down below and doubled over inside their mouths some ot like the squirrel had this told solange so large that it real pocket tt tarry food la professor rabbit had brought boint thane to the least also an apala that was not more than half eaten ami ahti put that alongside miss squirrels beechnuts beech nuts i mrs chipmunk knew the gopher alq not like the tree squirrel very well BO with the tact ot true hostess she put her guests into different galleries or burrows 0 her underground home she herself took the gopher and professor rabbit into the east burrow and left the sprightly cousins squirrel and prairie dog with the mild but rather stupid cousin guinea pig all fell to with a tremendous relish tor most of them expected to be on rather light diet when they went into winter quarters which professor rabbit called hibernating though he boasted he did not have to do fc presently the gopher said t met cousin rat on he way here and asked him it he was coming to the party and he answered he had not been invited the idea exclaimed dainty and aristocratic mrs chipmunk hla character Is quite too bad for that with my young lady daughters around me here I 1 cannot afford to know that rat he la a thief and a prizefighter prize fighter all the earne he Is a real cousin said professor rabbit he has the IN THE WEST BURROW 1 long beautiful front teeth of the true rodents mrs chipmunk tossed her head alg what of it said she there are a hundred branches of the rodent family as many as there are smiths in the human family what would anybody think of a smith who invited all the other smiths in the world to a thanksgiving dinner T |