The Teenie Weenies are very small people, not much taller than a match. Everyone knows that animals can't talk, but the Teenie Weenies understand them. Why that is, no one can tell.

The Teenie Weenie Sailor announced one day that Nick the squirrel was very lame. The Teenie Weenie Doctor went at once to visit Nick. After talking to the squirrel, the Doctor made up his mind that Nick had rheumatism. Nick lived in a hole up in a tree and when it rained water ran into his nest.

"We've got to keep Nick's house dry," the Doctor told the General.

The General ordered some Teenie Weenie men to build a roof over the door to Nick's house. The little men got Nick to carry the Sailor up the tree. The Sailor carried a long string and a Teenie Weenie pulley, which he made fast to a limb of the tree. Then the little men pulled up boards and tiny tools.

When the roof was ready, the Teenie Weenies covered it with water proof paper, and that kept rain from running into the nest. Nick was very grateful. One morning the Teenie Weenies found 4 walnuts and 7 hickory nuts piled up in front of their house, which is really a man's shoe.