Pinky and Chloe were playing outdoors. They were chasing chipmunks and running around trees when Chloe saw a little brown nut, lying under a tree, not too far away. She ran towards the nut. She had barely picked it up when Pinky reached there and snatched it away. “It’s mine! I saw it first,” cried Chloe. But I’m older than you. So I should have it,” reasoned Pinky. Their neighbour, Myra, saw them quarrelling. She offered to sort out the matter and said, “Show me the nut.” Myra cracked the shell into two pieces and ate the kernel. “This is what I get for settling your quarrel,” she said. Then she gave one half of the shell to Chloe and the other half to Pinky. “There you are. No more fighting, girls!” said Myra, and she waved goodbye. Pinky and Chloe realised that Myra had taken advantage of them. But it was too late.
The Little Brown Nut
