28 THE ROMANCE OF EVERIFARM 



out here in the rain in May! Don't you know that 

 wahiuts are not good now?" advised Bluey. 



"You have a lot to learn yet, Bluey," said Jack. 

 "If I had been burying these walnuts to eat later, 

 I would not have put them so deep in the ground. 

 However, I don't ever expect to get any benefit from 

 this work. I am not storing these for food, I am 

 planting for future generations. 



"There is a rigid law handed down to each squir- 

 rel generation that we must store our food in the 

 fall. The part we do not eat during the winter must 

 be planted in the spring during a rain, to grow 

 more trees, in order to furnish food for our grand- 

 children and their children. Therefore, I am only 

 observing the law of our race, and that's more than 

 a lot of people do. This way I am providing for 

 those who shall come after me," concluded Jack, who 

 had not stopped work during the explanatory talk. 



"That is a wonderful idea. Jack, and most com- 

 mendable. Makes me think more of you than ever," 

 said Bluey as he flew back to the hard maple to 

 meditate over what Jack had told him. 



Jack soon concluded his work and, after climbing 

 the young red ehn to eat some of the new buds 

 that were quite good now, he decided to rest, as he 

 had fulfilled his obligation to his race for the per- 



