# After the Storm explained — Green Meadow Stories > Chapter companion for Green Meadow Stories by Thornton W. Burgess. ## What happens After a two-day blizzard, the forest creatures emerge starving and weak. Tommy Tit, Drummer the Woodpecker, Yank Yank the Nuthatch, and even the usually bossy Sammy Jay share a piece of suet in a rare moment of cooperation and gratitude. Chatterer the Red Squirrel rejoices that his own food store has survived. ## Themes in this chapter ### Kindness and Gratitude Drummer shares the suet with Tommy Tit and Yank Yank, and Tommy expresses thanks. Even Sammy Jay is polite and grateful. ### Friendship and Loyalty The birds set aside usual rivalries to help each other survive, demonstrating solidarity in crisis. ## Character check-ins ### Tommy Tit the Chickadee Weak and shaking from hunger, he shares the suet with others and shows cheerful politeness. ### Drummer the Woodpecker Greedily eating the suet but generously invites Tommy Tit and Yank Yank to join him. ### Sammy Jay Unusually meek and polite, he asks to share the food and admits he could not last another night without it. ### Chatterer the Red Squirrel Flounders through snow to his own food store and rejoices that his friends have found suet. ## Key lines > The thing to do is to make the most of the sunshine while it lasts, and when it rains to look forward to the corning of the sun again, knowing that come it surely will. Enjoy good times while they last, and during hard times remember that brighter days will return. _Opening wisdom from Old Granny Fox about resilience and hope._ > Dee, dee, dee! Always room for one more. There is always space for another in need. _Tommy Tit's cheerful invitation to Sammy Jay, showing generosity despite scarcity._ ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/chapters/xi-after-the-storm - Book: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/green_meadow_stories_se - All chapters: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/chapters