jamie’s guests on their way to lunch with him.

nip and tuck lived in the same ledge of rocks. nip was a chippie and was jamie’s pet. tuck was a red squirrel, who, strange to say, was a dear friend of the little chippie. jamie kept on hand a basket of all kinds of nuts with which to treat his two little friends. jamie was as fond of nuts as nip was, so they lunched together every day at eleven o’clock, and had a “nut-crack” at five. when the table was spread jamie would rap on the rock with a nut and nip would come at once.