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So he saw that there was the same reason for all these three animals, who were so different from each other, doing the same thing. SO HE SAW THAT THERE WAS THE SAME REASON FOR ALL THESE THREE ANIMALS WHO WERE SO DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER DOING THE SAME THING
 have a talk with a woodpigeon either. But he wanted to have both, so he said, “Very well, Mr. Squirrel, and I hope you will tell me something interesting about yourself.” The squirrel only nodded, and said nothing; and then Tommy Smith remembered that he had to ask the questions, so he said, “Why is it, Mr. Squirrel, that you go to sleep in the winter? It seems so funny that you should. I stay awake all the time, you know—except at night, of course,—so why can’t you?” “That is easily answered,” said the squirrel. “You have food in the winter, don’t you?” “Oh yes,” said Tommy Smith. “Of course you do,” said the squirrel. “It is all got for you, so you have no trouble. _I_ have to find mine myself, but in the winter there is none to find. So if I didn’t go to sleep, I should starve.” Tommy Smith remembered, then, that the grass-snake had told him that _he_ went to sleep in the winter, because he could get no frogs to eat; and the frog had said _he_ did, because he could find no insects. MITH THOUGHT THAT IT WAS NOT EVERY LITTLE BOY WHO COULD HAVE A TALK WITH A WOODPIGEON EITHER BUT HE WANTED TO HAVE BOTH SO HE SAID VERY WELL MISTER SQUIRREL AND I HOPE YOU WILL TELL ME SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT YOURSELF THE SQUIRREL ONLY NODDED AND SAID NOTHING AND THEN TOMMY SMITH REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD TO ASK THE QUESTIONS SO HE SAID WHY IS IT MISTER SQUIRREL THAT YOU GO TO SLEEP IN THE WINTER IT SEEMS SO FUNNY THAT YOU SHOULD I STAY AWAKE ALL THE TIME YOU KNOW EXCEPT AT NIGHT OF COURSE SO WHY CAN'T YOU THAT IS EASILY ANSWERED SAID THE SQUIRREL YOU HAVE FOOD IN THE WINTER DON'T YOU OH YES SAID TOMMY SMITH OF COURSE YOU DO SAID THE SQUIRREL IT IS ALL GOT FOR YOU SO YOU HAVE NO TROUBLE I HAVE TO FIND MINE MYSELF BUT IN THE WINTER THERE IS NONE TO FIND SO IF I DON'T GO TO SLEEP I SHOULD STARVE TOMY SMITH REMEMBERED THEN THAT THE GRASSNAKE HAD TOLD HIM THAT HE WENT TO SLEEP IN THE WINTER BECAUSE HE COULD GET NO FROGS TO EAT AND THE FROG SAID THAT HE DID BECAUSE HE COULD FIND NO INSECTS
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