"I've found some! I've found some!"
He hurried over to Bert with some shiny brown nuts in his hand. Each nut had a little "tail" fastened to it.
"Yes, those are chestnuts," Bert said. "Now see whether you or Flossie will fill a bag first."
"I've got a whole lot of nuts!" Flossie cried. "Oh, such a lot. Come on Freddie and—Ouch! Oh dear!" she suddenly cried.
"What is it?" asked Nan, quickly running over to her little sister. "Did you hurt yourself?"
"Something stuck me in the fingers," Flossie answered, holding up her chubby hand.
"Maybe it's a snake," said Freddie.
"No, it's only chestnut burr stickers," said Nan. "I'll get them out for you, Flossie. After this, open the burrs with a stick. Oh, look here!" she cried, as she glanced down at the ground. "Flossie has found a whole lot of nuts in a pile!"
They all came over to look at Flossie's find. Surely enough, there were a number of the brown nuts in a little hollow in the ground.
"How did they get there?" asked Nellie.