17 BOBBIE SQUIRREL'S TAIL

See Bobbie Squirrel.

What a big tail he has!

One day he ran down a tree.

Jack Rabbit was coming along.

His tail was little.

Jack Rabbit said, “Look at Bobbie!

He wants us to see his big tail.”

Brown Owl said, “Oh, see Bobbie!

He has his tail above his back.”

Bobbie Squirrel ran to a nut tree.

There were nuts under the tree.

Bobbie dug a hole in the ground.

It was a big round hole.

He swept the nuts into it.

He swept them with his big tail.

Bobbie covered them with leaves.

He swept the leaves with his tail, too.

Then he ran to his home in the tree.

He will eat the nuts next winter.

Guess what Bobbie found at home!

He found shells on the floor!

A little squirrel had put them there.

“Oh, dear me! ”said Bobbie.

“The floor must be swept! ”

So Bobbie swept the floor.

He swept it with his big tail.

By and by, night came.

Bobbie went to sleep on the floor.

Guess what he did with his tail!

(Carolyn S. Bailey)

Word list

owl: a kind of bird

shells: the covering of nuts and seeds

You Practice

A) Answer the following questions.

1) What was special about Bobbie Squirrel's tail?

2) How did Bobbie get the nuts into the big, round hole?

3) Why did Bobbie cover the nuts with leaves?

4) Why did Bobbie sweep the nut shells off the floor?

5) In the story, Bobbie used his tail as a tail and a broom. What other ways could he use his tail?

B) Drawing—Draw and colour the following animals.

1) Draw a brown owl.

2) Draw a black cat.

3) Draw a gray squirrel.

4) Draw a white rabbit.

C) What's the word? Using the clues, choose the correct words from the story.

1) not front: b _ _ _

2) the ground: f _ _ _ _

3) shaped like a circle: r _ _ _ _

4) not over: u _ _ _ _

5) the time when we sleep: n _ _ _ _