 However, his lying ends very quickly and he goes too far when he discovers that the stranger who won the nuts from him is none other than his "own" father, who did it to teach his gambling son a lesson for deliberately disobeying him.In spite of this, the lesson, however, does not work.When the disgruntled father concludes that he will give his son ten lashes, and before the young squirrel has a chance to run out the door, he is caught by the tail by his enraged father.