Objects: Some acorns or variety of nuts.

Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to look at part of a mystery. How many of you know what a mystery is? [Let them answer.] Do you like mysterious things or stories? [Let them answer.] If you like mysteries, then you are going to enjoy what I have to show you this morning. [Take out the acorns or hickory nuts.] What do you call the things that I have in my hands? That's right, nuts, acorns, and hickory nuts. The other day I found a squirrel's home for the winter and would you believe that it was covered with nuts like this? The squirrel had gathered these nuts all summer so that he would have plenty to eat during the winter when his food supply was gone. I wonder who told my friend the squirrel to collect his food and save it? How doe…