Mewanee gathered some nuts, and the little squirrels hopped about him saying, “Chip, chip, chip! Please give us the nuts!”
How eagerly they took the nuts from Mewanee’s hand!
Then they sat up on their hind legs and nibbled the nuts with great glee.
Baby brother laughed very merrily as he watched the dear little frisky creatures.
The birds, too, sang happily from their nests in the tree-tops. They seemed to be singing to Mewanee and baby brother.
Mewanee answered the song.
Indian people could talk to all the animals of the forest.
These two Indian boys were having a happy time together when their mother came from the field.
She swung her tiny papoose on her back, and away they went, Mewanee, mother and baby brother.
Mewanee’s mother was very strong. Indian women must be strong because they have to do all of the hard work in the fields.