Mother Squirrel was in a big hurry to store all the nutritious nuts she could find for the winter. She had to look after seven of her quickly growing brood. It was time for them to learn how to help her, it was a lesson of survival. She beckoned the kids out of the hollow of a tree and lead the way down to the ground. On the ground she gathered her little school together and instructed how to look for the nuts, a special concern was given to the danger around. ‘Remember!’ – she said. - ‘Eyes are focused on the ground, but ears – on around.’

The kids scattered around in the search of adventures. One of them spotted a big nut and was pleased with the finding, he jumped onto the nut and grabbed it with the paws and the tail trying to lift it up. Two of the kids were busy looking at the ladybird and deciding whether her dots were special deli nuts, they touched the ladybird and it flew away. The next two, a brother and sister hunted for the same nut and argued about whose the triumph was. Two of the sons stayed with Mother Squirrel to look for the danger. Seeing her kids were arguing, Mother Squirrel had to call an Advice Assembly (as she called it) to help to restore the original direction of the dutiful task. ‘Patience and concentration! Don’t let the surroundings take control over you.’ They started afresh.

A swift noise was heard to the left and Mother’s instinct made her shriek an alert message to the brood to get back to the safe place. A brother and a sister squirrels were on the far end of the territory and they could hear only the alarm notes into the air and they ran for good as their mother taught them. A fox was on their heels. Little ones were out of breath and the girl could not run any more. The trunk of a fallen tree blocked their escape passage. They were cornered. The fox was getting closer. The little girl squirrel made a sob and the brother looked angrily at her. He noticed some nuts on the ground and picked one up and threw to the fox. The girl picked up the second one and started throwing the nuts as well. The nuts bounced onto fox’s head, nose and paws. The fox had to flee.

Mother Squirrel was restless in searching for her missing kids, she had been roaming around the area for hours. She heard a grunting noise coming from the fallen trunk of the tree. Similar noise was always made by the missing son when he was guarding something. She turned around the corner and saw her son being on guard while his little sister curled into a ball was soundly asleep. It was a relief reunion. On the way back home, the kids were carefree playing hide-and-seek. Mother Squirrel was not scared for them any more, she was proud of her children to learn one of the important lessons of their life.

 A swift noise sudden movement was heard to the left and made a mother’s instinct made her shriek out an alert message to the her brood; signalling them to get back to the safety zone place. A brother and a sister who squirrels were on at the far end of their territory, scampered quickly and they could hear only the alarm notes into the air and they ran for good as their Mother had taught them to do so. A fox was on at their heels. The little ones were out of breath and the girl sister could not run anymore. The trunk of a fallen tree trunk had blocked their escape passage. They were cornered and the fox was closing in. getting closer. The little girl squirrel sister made a sobbing son and the brother looked glared angrily at her. He noticed some nuts on the ground and picked one up and threw to it at the fox. The girl sister followed suit - picked up the a second one and threw it the fox. started throwing the nuts as well. The nuts bounced onto off the fox’s head, nose and paws.  It spooked and turned tail. The fox had to flee.

Relentlessly, the mother Squirrel was restless in searcheding for her missing children kids. , She had been roaming around combed the surrounding area for hours. Then she heard a grunting noise coming out from the fallen tree trunk of the tree. It sounded familiar.  It reminded her of the sound Similar noise was always made by the her missing son whenever he was guarding something. She turned around the corner and saw him her son being on guard/sentry as while his little sister was curled into a ball and was soundly sound asleep; curled up into a ball. It was a great sigh of relief to her reunion. On the way back home, the kids children were carefree playing hide-and-seek without a care.  The mother squirrel was no longer worried for her children.  not scared for them any more, She was proud of her children them in to learning one of the life's important lessons of their life.

.... On the ground she gathered her little school together and instructed them in how to look for the nuts, a special concern was given to the danger around. ‘Remember!’ – she said. - ‘Eyes are focused on the ground, but ears – all around.’

The kids scattered around in the search of adventures. One of them spotted a big nut and was pleased with the finding. He jumped onto the nut and grabbed it with his paws and the tail, trying to lift it up. Two of the kids were busy looking at a ladybird and deciding whether her dots were special deli nuts; they touched the ladybird and it flew away. 

.... A sound of movement was heard to the left and Mother’s instinct made her shriek an alert message to the brood to get back to the safe place. A brother and a sister squirrels were at the far end of the territory and they could hear only the alarm notes into the air and they ran for their lives as their mother taught them. A fox was on their heels. The little ones were out of breath and the girl could not run any more. The trunk of a fallen tree blocked their escape passage. They were cornered. The fox was getting closer. The little girl squirrel made a sobbed and the brother looked angrily at her. He noticed some nuts on the ground, and picked one up and threw it at the fox. The girl picked up a second one and started throwing the nuts as well. The nuts bounced off the fox’s head, nose and paws. The fox had to flee.

Mother Squirrel was restlessly in searching for her missing kids; she had been roaming around the area for hours. She heard a grunting noise coming from a fallen tree trunk of the tree. A similar noise was always made by the missing son when he was guarding something. She turned around the corner and saw her son being on guard, while his little sister was curled into a ball, was sleeping soundly asleep. It was such a relief to be reunited. On the way back home, the kids were carefree, playing hide-and-seek. Mother Squirrel was not scared for them any more, she was proud of her children who had learned one of the most important lessons of their lives.