A Squirrel in a Winter Night

You are aware that during winter the trees shed leaves and make the birds and ot
her small animals that live on them to face cold nights.
One cold night a squirrel found it difficult to bear the cold. It was on a sear
ch for a place that can protect it from the cold. It ran into the parasol of a
hut that belongs to an old man who lives on the outskirts of the forest.squirrel
As soon as the squirrel started moving in the parasol of his hut the old man hea
rd the sound of it, came out and found the squirrel shivering with cold. He ext
ended his hand and waved his fingers to come on to it. The squirrel for a momen
t kept quite and it recalled what all it had seen this old man doing earlier. I
t appeared from this recalling that this old man is a good one. It slowly crawl
ed onto the hand of the old man who caressed it with his another hand and took i
t in side.
It was very warmth inside the hurt and it made the squirrel stop shivering soon
and fall asleep. It slept for more than three hours and woke up with the sound
of the cupboard door opened by the old man. The old man noticed this and came n
ear the squirrel with a hot cup of tomato soup. He fed the squirrel with the sp
oon and emptied the cup.
The squirrel became active and found the holes in the roof of the hut. The old
man slept again. As the day breaks out, the old man woke up and found searched
for the squirrel in vain. He thought that it had gone back to the forest. He b
ecame busy with his daily chores.
As he was about to rest for a nap after the lunch, he heard a noise on the top o
f the roof. He looked up and found that the holes on the roof are being filled
with a lump of fiber. He went out to find out who was at work and saw the squir
rel seriously filling the holes one after the other first with the fiber and top
ping it with a big leaf meticulously.
The old man came inside and started doing some thing. The squirrel on the top o
f the roof completed its job and entered the hut to find out if it missed any ho
le. The old man thanked the squirrel and offered a cup of hot milk. The squirr
el drank it merrily.
The old man asked, how did get the fiber and the leaves to fill all the holes at
once?
I came out in the morning when you were still sleeping, started collecting the f
iber and leaves from the nearby creeper in small quantities and brought them to
the rooftop. Once I felt I had enough material to fill the holes I started doin
g the job that I know well.
Though you are a small animal you have a big mind to think and great strength to
do the job. I thank you for your kind help. You can live with me, if you want
said the old man.
The squirrel agreed to it by waving its tail and the head in joy.
Indeed the holes were well filled and the rainfall that occurred a couple of day
s later made it further firm and there was no leakage in the hut.
They lived together for a long time in the same hut.