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tity of nuts buried quite shallow. These he re- 

 moved from the place where he had put them last 

 November, and, carrying them one by one out into 

 an open space in the big lawn, he dug down quite 

 deep with his strong front feet, then pushed the 

 walnut down into the wet soil. He then raked the 

 dirt back into the hole and stamped it down hard, 

 jumping up and down on it with aU his weight, so 

 that it would hold the moisture; then he carefully 

 raked all the dirt into the hole, and lastly covered 

 it with leaves and grass, completing the operation. 



During aU this work he had been holding his um- 

 brella over himself by curving his fluffy tail over his 

 back. He kept the rain off to quite an extent, but 

 although it was raining quite hard, yet it did not 

 cause him to cease work for a moment. He had an 

 important job, and he meant to do it. So back he 

 would go to the walnut tree and bring another wal- 

 nut out into the open space and bury it in the same 

 careful manner. 



All this time Bluey the jaybird had been sitting 

 in the hard maple tree near by, watching Jack at 

 his work. Finally, his curiosity got the better of 

 him, and he flew down on the lawn near Happy 

 Jack. 



"Say, Happy, are you crazy? Burying walnuts 



