[Then Slicko led the little pig to where there were some acorn nuts, and Squinty ate them.]
“I am Slicko, the jumping squirrel,” was the answer, “and I am hunting in these woods for some chestnuts. What are you doing here?”
“I am here because I have run away,” said Squinty. “I am looking for something to eat. Are hickory nuts good?”
“Very good,” Slicko answered. “I’ll see if I can find some for each of us.”
The little squirrel found some hickory nuts, but they were so hard that Squinty, the comical pig, could not eat them.
“I guess you’d like some acorns, they are softer,” Slicko said.
“Indeed I would, thank you,” spoke Squinty.
[Then Slicko led the little pig to where there were some acorn nuts, and Squinty ate them.] Very glad he was to get them, too, for he was quite hungry.
“Why are you called Slicko?” asked Squinty, when he did not feel quite so hungry as at first.