This is Rhea. Welcome to Little Stories for Tiny People. Oh, you're not tiny. You're

very, very tiny. Well, hello, there are teeny tiny friends. I'm joined today by Scarlet

the Squirrel. Thanks for coming, Scarlet. Scarlet speaks very, very quietly. So you may not be

able to make out what she's saying. Scarlet, are you ready for our story? Oh, Scarlet. She says

she has a story for me about a squirrel. Her cousin, Malcolm, who got his tail stuck in a bird feeder

and needed Scarlet to pull him out. Okay, Scarlet, I want all the details after this story. So tiny

people and teeny tiny people and Scarlet, let's listen to our story. Humphrey wants to nap.

Humphrey laid his little squirrel head down and his little squirrel bed, closed his big squirly eyes,

shut them tight. Oh, yes, he thought this is just right. A stream of afternoon sun came in the

window as Humphrey nestled deeper into his twig pillow. Mmm, he murmured. Aren't naps the best?

Everyone can use a little rest. But just as Humphrey felt his body go slack. Out of nowhere came

me loud, Thwack. Humphrey opened when I and peered around, but now it was quiet. There wasn't a

sound. Then Thwack, Thwack, Thwack. Humphrey popped up in bed. The sound was back. My precious nap,

Humphrey thought, I cannot skip it. He stuck out his bottom lip and his top lip. Well, he bit it.

The nap must go on, Humphrey vowed. I will not submit. I will not be cowed by this barrage of

Thwack's I hear. That much, he thought, was clear. But the Thwack's kept coming. And Humphrey's

bedroom started thrumming. Humphrey grabbed an acorn, then a second. I can use these as earplugs,

he reckoned. Humphrey perked up his ears and gingerly pushed the acorns in and waited to see if

they'd block out the din. But there was a pause in the Thwacking. Then a big Thwack. Humphrey knew

his acorns were lacking. He groaned and plopped on his bed. I need a nap, he yelled, and put his pillow

over his head. My naps are so special to me that keep me rested, healthy and happy. Before my

naps are cranky and tired. If I don't take one I'll feel lousy and wired. I need a nap, he yelled

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