as tid-bits to his fare. No snow is so deep as to make him forget 

 where he has put his treasures and this is all the more to be won- 

 dered at because, not content with his two homes, he has many other 

 well-guarded nooks and will bury apples in one hole, tuck half a 

 dozen pine cones in another, and wedge a few acorns into a third. 

 As soon as the first buds begin to swell, the active little fellow finds 

 a new delicacy in maple sap which he collects in a hollow cavity 

 gnawed out by his teeth and drinks with keen relish. He is now 

 safely through the winter and ready for another summer's fun and 

 work. 



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