"Where's Noodle?" asked Johnnie, when Toodle had picked himself up and brushed the dirt off his coat by fanning himself with his wide tail. "Where is Noodle, Toodle?"
"Oh, he went to the store for mamma. She wanted some molasses to make a birch bark pudding with. We needn't wait for Noodle, if you are going after chestnuts. I heard him say he was going to play football with Munchie Trot, the pony boy, when he came back from the store. If we get any chestnuts I'll save him some, anyhow."
"Oh, we're sure to get some," spoke Billie.
"Yes, for we know where lots of trees grow," added Johnnie. "Come along now, Toodle."
So Toodle, the little beaver boy, and Johnnie and Billie Bushytail, the squirrels, started after chestnuts.
On and on they went through the woods and as they went Toodle sang this little song, which he made up all himself, without anyone helping him:
"Chestnuts grow on big trees,
Almost to the sky.
And if you ever climb one
Don't go up too high.