Far in the distance, the mouse sees a large walnut tree. She wants to go there to gather her winter stores. She travels across meadows and fields, and everywhere the animals warn her of the approaching storm. Just as she finally arrives at the walnut tree, the thunderstorm breaks loose. Exhausted, the mouse hides away. The next morning, however, the tree is bare: leaves gone, nuts gone! Disappointed, the mouse goes home. But there, a great surprise awaits her: the storm wind has blown the nuts right to her burrow; nuts, heaps of nuts.