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The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
A Hands-On, Interactive,
Learning Activity Packet
(Illustrated Book Included)
What would autumn be without squirrels? Those furry little
scurrying acorn gatherers. And what would it be without
chipmunks, a member of the squirrel family? Top it off with
Beatrice Potter’s Tale of Timmy Tiptoes and you have a fall
celebration. You can have it all in this eBook, Squirrels,
Chipmunks, and the Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.
Count the toes on a squirrel foot, hold a 5 inch African Pygmy
Squirrel in your hand…can anything be more adorable?
Teacher Book Bag has for you the following resources in this
jam-packed eBook:
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A scientific study of the squirrel.
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A study of the chipmunk, a member of the squirrel family.
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Important vocabulary tying in both subjects.
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Four close activities for the squirrel.
An outline activity on squirrel nests.
A venn diagram comparing and contrasting the squirrel and
chipmunk.
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes complete with comprehension
activities, and key illustrations from the story with suggested
activities.
We hope you enjoy this wonderful and enlightening eBook as
much as we did creating it.
Teacher Book Bag
The Squirrel
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In Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Timmy
Tiptoes, the main character is a grey
squirrel, Timmy. He lives in a nest with
his wife Mrs. Tiptoes. Together they
work to gather food for the long winter.
This is typical of over 200 squirrel
species all over the world. The squirrel
family includes tree squirrels like the
Tiptoes, ground squirrels, flying squirrels, woodchucks, marmots, prairie
dogs and chipmunks. Squirrels are considered rodents. They are typically
indigenous (native to) North and South America, Eurasia, and Africa. They
are not indigenous to Australia but were transplanted there and have
prospered. Since squirrels are indigenous to Great Britain, Beatrix Potter
would have been familiar with them on her frequent walks through the
woods.
The word squirrel comes from the Latin word skiouros which means
shadow-tailed. The probably received that name because of their long
bushy tail. It is interesting that skiouros is similar to the word scurry,
something squirrels do.
Squirrels are typically small. However, the Alpine Marmot is 21 to 29
inches long (53 to 73 cm) and weighs 11 to 18 lbs. (5 to 8 kg). The Indian
Giant Squirrel is 3 feet (almost a meter) long. The smallest squirrel is the
African Pygmy Squirrel at 5 inches in length (13 cm) and 0.35 oz. (10
grams) in weight. Imagine holding something so tiny in your hands.
A squirrel is generally long and thin with large expressive eyes. They are
covered in soft fur although some squirrels have more fur than others. They
come in various colors. Timmy Tiptoes in Potter’s book is a grey squirrel
although we don’t know the exact species. Potter’s illustrations show us
that he and his wife are grey.
A squirrel has four or five toes on each foot. Its forelimbs (limbs closest
to head) are shorter than its hindlimbs giving it a squatting look. Their
feet have soft pads and they are agile creatures.
Squirrels are typically herbivorous preferring seeds and nuts, but some
will eat insects and small vertebrates. They also enjoy tree buds, leaves,
conifer cones, roots, fruits, and fungi, insects and caterpillars. They
consider tree sap a delicacy. Some squirrels will eat meat especially
when faced with hunger. They’ve been known to eat small birds, eggs,
small snakes, and rodents smaller than themselves.
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With such large eyes, squirrels have excellent eyesight. This is helpful in
the trees where many live and are required to move from limb to limb.
They are able to use their limbs and claws to grasp and climb. Their
front teeth which never stop growing are strong for gnawing while their
cheek teeth are set back and useful for grinding. There is a noticeable
gap between the front and cheek teeth.
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Female squirrels usually give birth to two to eight offspring and
typically give birth to two litters in a year. They are born blind and
require their mother’s constant care. There are also born without teeth.
They are usually weaned at about six to ten weeks old and are
considered mature at a year old. Squirrels that are ground dwellers are
very social while nest dwellers are more solitary. The Tiptoes’ family
lived in a nest and therefore were less social.
Squirrels are usually diurnal which means they are active in the daytime
except for the flying squirrel which tends to move about at night making
them nocturnal.
Squirrels are easy prey by many animals. Ground squirrels work
together to warn one another if a predator is near. They are capable of
making a whistling call to one another.
Tree squirrels are the most commonly seen squirrel. Although they are
very good at climbing from tree to tree. They come to ground looking
for nuts, acorns, flowers, eggs, or small birds.
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Flying squirrels live in nests or tree holes but they do not actually fly.
They extend their arms and legs and glide from tree to tree. Flaps of skin
on their limbs make this possible. They can glide as much as 150 feet
(46 meters). Flying squirrels occupy diurnal denning sites since they
sleep in the day. During the nights they can have a stop-over nest called
a refugia nests. These can be an extra place to stay than their main nest.
They are known to have what are called aggregate nests (multiple)
during the winter months. Nests where they have their young are called
natal nests.
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Tree squirrels make their nests from bark stripped from trees, grasses,
mosses, animal fur that they find, bird feathers, small twigs, tree leaves,
and even man-made materials like newspaper or insulation from an attic.
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Vocabulary
1. indigenous…native to a particular area
2. transplanted…brought in from another area and not indigenous
3. prospered…grew plentiful
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4. agile…able to move and climb through the trees easily
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5. herbivorous…predominately eats plants
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6. vertebrates…creatures that have a backbone such as a baby bird
7. weaned…mammals feed their babies milk…as the babies grow older,
the mother gradually quits feeding them and they learn to find food on
their own
8. solitary…tending to stay to themselves
9. diurnal…animals that are active during the day and rest at night
10. nocturnal…animals that are active at night and rest during the day
11. prey…animals that are targeted to be eaten by larger animals
12. predator…animal that hunts down and eats smaller animals
13. diurnal denning sites…daytime sleeping nests
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14. refugia nests…an animal that sleeps during the day uses this nest to
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15. aggregate nests…multiple nests set up during the winter months
16. natal nests…nests where young squirrels are born
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Squirrels are considered _______.They are _______
to North and South America, Eurasia, and Africa. They
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rodents
marmots
woodchucks chipmunks
ground squirrels
indigenous
flying squirrels
prairie dogs
tree squirrels
200 species
marmots
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There are over 200 species of squirrels all over the
world. They include:
tree squirrels
ground squirrels
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marmots
Squirrels are considered rodents. They are indigenous
to North and South America, Eurasia, and Africa. They
were transplanted to Australia.
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The word squirrel comes from the _______ word
____________ which means shadow-tailed. The size
ranges from the 5 inch long (13 cm_________
________ _________to the 3 feet long (almost a
meter) __________ ___________ ____________.
The Alpine ___________ is 21 to 29 inches long (53 to
73 cm) and weighs 11 to 18 lbs. (5 to 8 kg).
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Its _____________ (limbs closest to the head) are
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shorter than its _______________ giving it a
Squirrels are typically ______________ and eat
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Some are known to eat baby birds, eggs, small snakes,
and rodents.
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fungi caterpillars Latin
herbivorous
insects
fruits skiouros Marmot African Pygmy Squirrel
Indian Giant Squirrel
roots
four or five toes forelimbs
conifer cones tree sap hindlimbs
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The word squirrel comes from the Latin word skiouros
which means shadow-tailed. The size ranges from the 5
inch long (13 cm) African Pygmy Squirrel to the 3 feet
long (almost a meter) Indian Giant Squirrel.
The Alpine Marmot is 21 to 29 inches long (53 to 73
cm) and weighs 11 to 18 lbs. (5 to 8 kg).
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A squirrel has four to five toes on each foot.
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Its forelimbs (limbs closest to the head) are shorter
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than its hindlimbs giving it a squatting look.
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Squirrels are typically herbivorous and eat tree buds,
leaves, conifer cones, roots, fruits, fungi, insects, and
caterpillars. Some are known to eat baby birds, eggs,
small snakes, and rodents.
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_________________________ squirrels have
excellent eyesight. They are able to use their
_________________________ to grasp and climb.
Their ___________________ are strong for gnawing
while their ____________________ are set back and
useful for grinding.
Female squirrels usually give birth to
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Babies are born __________. They are also born
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Ground dweller squirrels are very _____________
while nest dwellers are very __________________.
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blind
because of their large eyes
front teeth
cheek teeth
social
teeth
solitary
two to eight offspring and typically give birth to two
litters
limbs and claws
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Because of their large eyes squirrels have excellent
eyesight. They are able to use their limbs and claws to
grasp and climb.
Their front teeth are strong for gnawing while their
cheek teeth are set back and useful for grinding.
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Female squirrels usually give birth to two to eight
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offspring and typically give birth to two litters in a
teeth.
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Babies are born blind. They are also born without
Ground dweller squirrels are very social while nest
dwellers are very solitary.
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Squirrels are usually ___________which means they
are active in the daytime. One exception,
___________________, tends to move about at night
making them _______________.
Squirrels are easy __________ by many animals.
Ground squirrels work together to warn one another if
a _______________ is near. They are capable of
making a _______________ to one another. Predators
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eat prey.
the flying squirrel
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whistling call
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Squirrels are usually diurnal which means they are
active in the daytime. One exception, the flying
squirrel, tends to move about at night making them
nocturnal.
Squirrels are easy prey by many animals. Ground
squirrels work together to warn one another if a
predator is near. They are capable of making a
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whistling call to one another. Predators eat prey.
Squirrel Nests
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The Chipmunk
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Most people believe that all chipmunks
are alike, but this is far from true.
There are 25 different varieties of
chipmunk, and they don’t live
wherever there are woods. For
instance, when Beatrix Potter wrote
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes,
chipmunks did not live in Scotland or
England where she grew up.
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Recently, Siberian chipmunks are being found in Berkshire, Wiltshire,
West Midlands, Cheshire and North Yorkshire, areas in England, and are
viewed as a menace. Although harmless to humans unless diseased, they
can upset the ecology by becoming a problem for bank voles and wood
mice by consuming their diet of nuts, seeds and berries. The chipmunks
have also been known to eat chicks and eggs from birds' nests.
Although Alvin and the Chipmunks may be fun to watch in the movies,
chipmunks can be deadly. They can carry Lyme disease which can
possibly kill a person.
At the time of Beatrix Potter’s writing there were practically no
chipmunks in Scotland or England, the two places she grew up. The
Siberian Chipmunk can be found in Northern Asia, a great distance from
Beatrix Potter’s home. For her to see a chipmunk in the wild would have
been extremely rare. She loved to roam the woods and could possibly
have come across a Siberian Chipmunk.
Chipmunks are treated as pests now although many are raised and sold
as pets. There is a terrible infestation problem with them in France
across the Channel from Great Britain.
They were not as plentiful as Beatrix Potter would give the reader to
believe. The chipmunk was exotic in the areas she lived. Which leaves a
reader to wonder, why did she include the chipmunk in her story?
Whatever the reason, it makes for good reading. Chipmunks are
squirrels and a squirrel helped a squirrel survive.
So, what do we know about chipmunks?
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Chipmunks are mammals. They are diurnal which means they hunt
during the day, and they are omnivorous which means they eat both
meat and plant food. They eat mainly nuts and berries and fungi.
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The chipmunk has the reputation for collection and storage of food for
use during the winter months. Although they hibernate, unlike other
hibernating mammals, they do not store fat in their bodies throughout
the cold season. They keep their food stored in neat and tidy burrows
and eat as they need during the winter.
The chipmunk’s common name, chitmunk, comes from the North
American Indian Ojibwe word, ajidamoo, which means red squirrel.
Chipmunks are squirrels, a fact few people know. They are also called
chipmunks due to the “chip-chip” sound they make when they sense
danger. They are also called striped squirrels.
If you see a chipmunk, they are usually scurrying around gathering food
in early autumn in preparation for the winter. They have special
designed cheek pouches that provide room for extra storage of food in
their mouths as they scavenge about for food. If you are lucky and live
where chipmunks burrow, you can hear them spitting out what they have
stored in their cheek pouches with a loud rat-a-tat machine gun like
sound. Some chipmunks live in nests. Remember that there are 25
different kinds, but most live in burrows. Nesters are called larder
hoarders while scatter hoarders store in burrows.
A chipmunk burrow can be more than 3.5 m (approximately 12 feet)
long with several secret, hidden entrances. Chipmunks keep the area
where they sleep neat and tidy. They build a branch of their underground
burrow for shells and to use the bathroom.
Although chipmunks can be predators and eat bird eggs and baby birds,
large mammals often prey on them.
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You may remember that chipmunks are diurnal which means they are
out and about their business during the day. A chipmunk in captivity
sleeps approximately 15 out of the 24 hours. It is expected chipmunks in
the wild are more active.
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Chipmunks are small, about the size of a teacup, and usually measure 4
to 7 inches (10 to 18 cm) not including their tail. The tail is about 3 to 5
inches long (8-13 cm). They only weigh about 1 to 5 ounces (28 to 142
grams).
Chipmunks are fast and quickly scurry from place to place. They move
so quickly, you barely get a glimpse of them. The Least Chipmunk of
Ontario and Michigan runs carrying its tail high. They have large, shiny
eyes, full pudgy cheeks (due to their cheek pouches), stripes that run the
length of their body, and full, bushy tails. All chipmunks have striped
faces. All chipmunks are squirrels but not all squirrels are chipmunks.
There is a squirrel that looks just like a chipmunk except it doesn’t have
stripes on its face.
Mating time for a chipmunk is during
the spring. Usually chipmunks like to
be alone, but, if you see a group, it’s
a family. Baby chipmunks stay with
the family for approximately two
months, until they learn to gather
food for themselves.
Be careful of your bird feeders.
Chipmunks love to raid them and
they are very good at it.
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Eastern Chipmunk, Canada
Vocabulary
1. menace…a problem like the spread of an animal that destroys the
ecology of an area
2. Lyme Disease…a disease that is spread through ticks that can be
carried on animals like the chipmunk…they store infected blood in their
bodies and pass it on to other animals
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3. infestation…when a sickness or disease spreads throughout a large
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4. mammals…air-breathing animals with a backbone and who feed their
babies through mammary glands
5. diurnal…animals that are active during the day and rest at night
6. omnivorous…animals that eat both plant material and meat
7. hibernate…animals that usually store fat in their bodies and sleep
through the winter…there are animals that do not store fat in their bodies
but have a store of food that they’ve gathered to get through the winter
8. predators…animals that hunt down and eat smaller or weaker animals
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9. prey…animals that are targeted to be eaten by larger or stronger
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THE TALE OF
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TIMMY TIPTOES
By
BEATRIX POTTER
Author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," etc.
FREDERICK WARNE & CO., INC. NEW YORK
1911
BY
FREDERICK WARNE & Co.
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Once upon a time there was a little fat comfortable
grey squirrel, called Timmy Tiptoes. He had a nest
thatched with leaves in the top of a tall tree; and he
had a little squirrel wife called Goody.
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Timmy Tiptoes sat out, enjoying the breeze; he
whisked his tail and chuckled—"Little wife Goody,
the nuts are ripe; we must lay up a store for winter
and spring." Goody Tiptoes was busy pushing moss
under the thatch—"The nest is so snug, we shall be
sound asleep all winter." "Then we shall wake up all
the thinner, when there is nothing to eat in springtime," replied prudent Timothy.
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When Timmy and Goody Tiptoes came to the nut
thicket, they found other squirrels were there
already.
Timmy took off his jacket and hung it on a twig;
they worked away quietly by themselves.
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Every day they made several journeys and picked
quantities of nuts. They carried them away in bags,
and stored them in several hollow stumps near the
tree where they had built their nest.
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When these stumps were full, they began to empty
the bags into a hole high up a tree, that had belonged
to a wood-pecker; the nuts rattled down—down—
down inside.
"How shall you ever get them out again? It is like a
money-box!" said Goody.
"I shall be much thinner before spring-time, my
love," said Timmy Tiptoes, peeping into the hole.
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They did collect quantities—because they did not
lose them! Squirrels who bury their nuts in the
ground lose more than half, because they cannot
remember the place.
The most forgetful squirrel in the wood was called
Silvertail. He began to dig, and he could not
remember. And then he dug again and found some
nuts that did not belong to him; and there was a
fight. And other squirrels began to dig,—the whole
wood was in commotion!
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Unfortunately, just at this time a flock of little birds
flew by, from bush to bush, searching for green
caterpillars and spiders. There were several sorts of
little birds, twittering different songs.
The first one sang—"Who's bin digging-up my nuts?
Who's-been-digging-up my nuts?"
And another sang—"Little bita bread and-no-cheese!
Little bit-a-bread an'-no-cheese!"
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The squirrels followed and listened. The first little
bird flew into the bush where Timmy and Goody
Tiptoes were quietly tying up their bags, and it
sang—"Who's-bin digging-up my nuts? Who's been
digging-up my-nuts?"
Timmy Tiptoes went on with his work without
replying; indeed, the little bird did not expect an
answer. It was only singing its natural song, and it
meant nothing at all.
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But when the other squirrels heard that song, they
rushed upon Timmy Tiptoes and cuffed and
scratched him, and upset his bag of nuts. The
innocent little bird which had caused all the
mischief, flew away in a fright!
Timmy rolled over and over, and then turned tail and
fled towards his nest, followed by a crowd of
squirrels shouting—"Who's-been digging-up mynuts?"
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They caught him and dragged him up the very same
tree, where there was the little round hole, and they
pushed him in. The hole was much too small for
Timmy Tiptoes' figure. They squeezed him
dreadfully, it was a wonder they did not break his
ribs. "We will leave him here till he confesses," said
Silvertail Squirrel, and he shouted into the hole—
"Who's-been-digging-up my-nuts?"
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Timmy Tiptoes made no reply; he had tumbled
down inside the tree, upon half a peck of nuts
belonging to himself. He lay quite stunned and still.
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Goody Tiptoes picked up the nut bags and went
home. She made a cup of tea for Timmy; but he
didn't come and didn't come.
Goody Tiptoes passed a lonely and unhappy night.
Next morning she ventured back to the nut-bushes to
look for him; but the other unkind squirrels drove
her away.
She wandered all over the wood, calling—
"Timmy Tiptoes! Timmy Tiptoes! Oh, where is
Timmy Tiptoes?"
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In the meantime Timmy Tiptoes came to his senses.
He found himself tucked up in a little moss bed, very
much in the dark, feeling sore; it seemed to be under
ground. Timmy coughed and groaned, because his
ribs hurted him. There was a chirpy noise, and a
small striped Chipmunk appeared with a night light,
and hoped he felt better?
It was most kind to Timmy Tiptoes; it lent him its
night-cap; and the house was full of provisions.
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The Chipmunk explained that it had rained nuts
through the top of the tree—"Besides, I found a few
buried!" It laughed and chuckled when it heard
Timmy's story. While Timmy was confined to bed, it
'ticed him to eat quantities—"But how shall I ever
get out through that hole unless I thin myself? My
wife will be anxious!" "Just another nut—or two
nuts; let me crack them for you," said the Chipmunk.
Timmy Tiptoes grew fatter and fatter!
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Now Goody Tiptoes had set to work again by
herself. She did not put any more nuts into the
woodpecker's hole, because she had always doubted
how they could be got out again. She hid them under
a tree root; they rattled down, down, down. Once
when Goody emptied an extra big bagful, there was
a decided squeak; and next time Goody brought
another bagful, a little striped Chipmunk scrambled
out in a hurry.
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"It is getting perfectly full-up down-stairs; the
sitting-room is full, and they are rolling along the
passage; and my husband, Chippy Hackee, has run
away and left me. What is the explanation of these
showers of nuts?"
"I am sure I beg your pardon; I did not know that
anybody lived here," said Mrs. Goody Tiptoes; "but
where is Chippy Hackee? My husband, Timmy
Tiptoes, has run away too." "I know where Chippy
is; a little bird told me," said Mrs. Chippy Hackee.
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She led the way to the woodpecker's tree, and they
listened at the hole.
Down below there was a noise of nut crackers, and a
fat squirrel voice and a thin squirrel voice were
singing together—
"My little old man and I fell out,
How shall we bring this matter about?
Bring it about as well as you can,
And get you gone, you little old man!"
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"You could squeeze in, through that little round
hole," said Goody Tiptoes. "Yes, I could," said the
Chipmunk, "but my husband, Chippy Hackee,
bites!"
Down below there was a noise of cracking nuts and
nibbling; and then the fat squirrel voice and the thin
squirrel voice sang—
"For
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Day diddle diddle dum day!"
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Then Goody peeped in at the hole, and called
down—"Timmy Tiptoes! Oh fie, Timmy Tiptoes!"
And Timmy replied, "Is that you, Goody Tiptoes?
Why, certainly!"
He came up and kissed Goody through the hole; but
he was so fat that he could not get out.
Chippy Hackee was not too fat, but he did not want
to come; he stayed down below and chuckled.
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And so it went on for a fortnight; till a big wind
blew off the top of the tree, and opened up the hole
and let in the rain.
Then Timmy Tiptoes came out, and went home with
an umbrella.
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But Chippy Hackee continued to camp out for
another week, although it was uncomfortable.
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At last a large bear came walking through the wood.
Perhaps he also was looking for nuts; he seemed to
be sniffing around.
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Chippy Hackee went home in a hurry!
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And when Chippy Hackee got home, he found he
had caught a cold in his head; and he was more
uncomfortable still.
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And now Timmy and Goody Tiptoes keep their nutstore fastened up with a little padlock.
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And whenever that little bird sees the Chipmunks, he
sings—"Who's-been-digging-up my-nuts? Who's
been digging-up my-nuts?" But nobody ever
answers!
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Questions
1. The main character of the story is Timmy Tiptoes. Describe his
appearance. What does he look like? Where does he live? Describe
whether you think he is happy or not and explain your answer.
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2. Describe Goody Tiptoes. Describe her appearance. What does she
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3. The Tiptoes had a job to do. What was it? How did they go about it?
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4. Why did squirrels who bury their nuts in the ground lose so many?
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6. How did the little birds make the commotion worse?
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8. What did the other squirrels do to Timmy Tiptoes when they heard the
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9. What did you feel about Silvertail Squirrel? Would you want him
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11. What did Goody Tiptoes do when Timmy didn’t come home? How
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12. What did Chippy Hackee do for Timmy Tiptoes? Did he mean to be
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14. Where did Mrs. Chippy Hackee think her husband had gone?
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17. What were Chippy Hackee and Timmy Tiptoes doing in the
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18. How did Timmy Tiptoes feel when Goody found him? Why was
Mrs. Chippy Hackee afraid to stick her head in the hole? Which couple
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19. Why didn’t Timmy Tiptoes come out of the tree?
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21. What did Chippy Hackee do? If you were Mrs. Hackee how would
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22. What caused Chippy Hackee to finally go home? What did he have
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Mrs. Goody Tiptoes
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The Tiptoe Family Working Together
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