So for a long time Sammy sat still in the maple tree watching Bobby work.

When the last nut was hidden Bobby skipped off toward home.

“Now is my chance,” said Sammy.  “I am going to play a trick on Bobby.”

Sammy skipped down the tree and ran along the wall to the place where the nuts were hidden.

He took the nuts out of their hiding place and carried them to a hole behind the big rock.

It took a long time to do it, but Sammy liked to play tricks.

Back and forth he ran until the very last nut was stored away in the new hiding place.

Then he skipped around to tell the red squirrels about the joke he had played on Bobby Gray Squirrel.

“Run to the maple tree near the stone wall,” said Sammy.  “You will see what Bobby does when he finds his nuts are gone.”

So the red squirrels all ran to the maple tree to watch for the gray squirrels to come to the party.

At last Bobby waked up.  And the minute he opened his eyes he thought of the peanuts.

He skipped down the tree and ran to tell his friends about the party.

“Meet me at the old stone wall,” he said.  “That is where I am going to have my party.”

So the gray squirrels all ran along to the stone wall.

The red squirrels were in the maple tree, but the gray squirrels did not see them.

As soon as Bobby came to the stone wall all his friends ran to meet him.

“Follow me,” said Bobby.  “I will show you the biggest pile of peanuts you ever saw.”

So the gray squirrels skipped along after Bobby.

But when they came to the storehouse they all stopped and looked at the hole.

Not one peanut could they see.

“I wonder who found my nuts,” said Bobby.  “I thought I had put them where they could not be found.”

The gray squirrels sat down in a row and looked very sad.

Just then they heard a sound up in the maple tree.

They looked up and saw all the red squirrels laughing.

“Ho, ho, ho!” Sammy was laughing.  “That was a good joke.  I took your nuts and hid them in another hole.”

“Ho, ho, ho!” all the red squirrels were laughing.

They all laughed again, and then Sammy said, “I will give a peanut party.  Follow me.”

Sammy led the red squirrels and the gray squirrels to the place where he had hidden the nuts.

And what a party they had!

They ate all the nuts they wanted, and then carried some home for dinner the next day.

[Illustration:  They ate all the nuts they wanted.]

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