I 'll pick fast and run and put 'em in the barn twick , '' said Teddy , frowning at little Frisky , who chattered and whisked his tail indignantly .<br>That night a high wind blew down hundreds of nuts , and when Mrs. Jo came to wake her little sons , she said , briskly , `` Come , my laddies , the squirrels are hard at it , and you will have to work well to-day , or they will have every nut on the ground . ''
` Come , my laddies , the squirrels are hard at it , and you will have to work well to-day , or they will have every nut on the ground . '' Squirrels eat not just nuts but ice-cream too. 