All along the meadow, where the cows grazed and the horses ran, there was an old stone wall.

in that wall, not far from the barn and the granary, a chatty family of field mice had their home.

But the farmers had moved away, the barn was abandoned, and the granary stood empty. And since winter was not far off, the little mice began to gather corn and nuts and wheat and straws. They all worked day and night.

All... except Frederik.

"Frederik, why don't you work?" They asked. 

"I do work" said Frederik.

"I am ghatering the sun rays for the cold dark winter days".

   ................ to be continued.

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