![]() He bobbed up and down like a little red cherry, singing. Brown, will you favour us with permission to gather nuts upon your island?”īut Nutkin was excessively impertinent in his manners. ![]() Then Twinkleberry and the other little squirrels each made a low bow, and said politely- “Old Mr. They also took with them an offering of three fat mice as a present for Old Brown, and put them down upon his door-step. They made little rafts out of twigs, and they paddled away over the water to Owl Island to gather nuts. Each squirrel had a little sack and a large oar, and spread out his tail for a sail. ![]() One autumn when the nuts were ripe, and the leaves on the hazel bushes were golden and green-Nutkin and Twinkleberry and all the other little squirrels came out of the wood, and down to the edge of the lake. In the middle of the lake there is an island covered with trees and nut bushes and amongst those trees stands a hollow oaktree, which is the house of an owl who is called Old Brown. He had a brother called Twinkleberry, and a great many cousins: they lived in a wood at the edge of a lake. ![]() This is a Tale about a tail-a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin. ![]()
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