A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories by Beatrix Potter
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Tiptoes; it lent him its nightcap;
and the house was full of provisions. THE Chipmunk explained that it had rained nuts through the top of the tree --"Besides, I found a few buried!" It laughed and chuckled when it heard Timmy's story. While Timmy was confined to bed, it 'ticed him to eat quantities--"But how shall I ever get out through that hole unless I thin myself? My wife will be anxious!" "Just another nut --or two nuts; let me crack them for you," said the Chipmunk. Timmy Tiptoes grew fatter and fatter! NOW Goody Tiptoes had set to work again by herself. She did not put any more nuts into the woodpecker's hole, because she had always doubted how they could be got out again. She hid them under a tree root; |
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