He put in his thumb
And pulled out a plum,

And said, "What a big squirrel am I."

He pulled out the kind of plum he liked best of all. It was a peanut.

He pulled out one peanut, and then he pulled out another.

"This bag is full of peanuts," he said to himself. "There are so many here I can never eat them all."

[Illustration: "This bag is full of peanuts.">[

"I know what I can do. I can have a party."

Now squirrels must like to have parties just as well as little boys and girls.