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"But why don't you store away enough food for the whole winter?" said Tommy Smith. "Then you needn't go to sleep at all, you know." "Good gracious!" said the squirrel, "that would take a great deal too much time. It is all very well to put a few things aside, so as to have something to eat on sunny days—for those are the days I like to wake up on,—but just fancy having to find dinners beforehand for every day all through the winter. I could never do that, you know. BUT WHY DON'T YOU STORE AWAY ENOUGH FOOD FOR THE WHOLE WINTER SAID TOMMY SMITH THEN YOU NEEDN'T GO TO SLEEP AT ALL YOU KNOW GOOD GRACIOUS SAID THE SQUIRREL THAT WOULD TAKE A GREAT DEAL TOO MUCH TIME IT IS ALL VERY WELL TO PUT A FEW THINGS ASIDE AS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT ON SUNNY DAYS FOR THOSE DAYS ARE THE DAYS I LIKE TO WAKE UP ON BUT JUST FANCY HAVING TO FIND DINNERS BEFOREHAND FOR EVERY DAY ALL THROUGH THE WINTER I CAN NEVER DO THAT YOU KNOW
ep all the winter, it must be because _they_ could get no food. “But I don’t think _I could_ go to sleep if I was very hungry,” he said to the squirrel; “and if I did, I’m sure I should wake up again very soon and want my dinner.” “I daresay you would,” said the squirrel; “and if you couldn’t get it, you would soon die.” “But do _you_ never wake up and want _your_ dinner, Mr. Squirrel?” said Tommy Smith. “Oh yes,” said the squirrel, “I often wake up, but whenever I do, I can always get it. Do you know why? Because I am such a clever animal, that I hide away food in the autumn, so that I can find it in the winter.” “But you _said_ you couldn’t find food in the winter,” said Tommy Smith. “Oh, I meant that I couldn’t find it growing on the trees and bushes,” said the squirrel. “Of course I can find what I have stored away, and that is enough for all the time I am awake. But it wouldn’t be enough for the whole winter, so I sleep or doze most of the time, and then I don’t require anything.”  AND THEN HE BEGAN TO THINK THAT IF ANY OTHER ANIMAL WENT TO SLEEP ALL WINTER IT MUST BE BECAUSE THEY COULD GET NO FOOD I DON'T THINK I COULD GO TO SLEEP IF I WAS VERY HUNGRY HE SAID TO THE SQUIRREL AND IF I DID I'M SURE I SHOULD WAKE UP AGAIN VERY SOON AND WANT MY DINNER I DARESAY YOU WOULD SAID THE SQUIRREL AND IF YOU COULDN'T GET IT YOU WOULD SOON DIE BUT DO YOU NEVER WAKE UP AND WANT YOUR DINNER MISTER SQUIRREL SAID TOMMY SMITH OH YES SAID THE SQUIRREL I OFTEN WAKE UP BUT WHENEVER I DO I CAN ALWAYS GET IT DO YOU KNOW WHY BECAUSE I AM SUCH A CLEVER ANIMAL THAT I HIDE AWAY MY FOOD IN THE AUTUMN SO THAT I CAN FIND IT IN THE WINTER BUT YOU SAID YOU COULDN'T FIND FOOD IN THE WINTER SAID TOMMY SMITH OH I MEANT THAT I COULDN'T FIND IT GROWING ON THE TREES AND BUSHES SAID THE SQUIRREL OF COURSE I CAN FIND WHAT I HAVE STORED AWAY AND THAT IS ENOUGH FOR ALL THE TIME I AM AWAKE BUT IT WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH FOR THE WHOLE WINTER SO I SLEEP OR DOZE MOST OF THE TIME AND THEN I DON'T REQUIRE ANYTHING
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