But this turned out to be a great gift, too. You see, because they had their minds with which to think and imagine, and because they had hands with which to work, human beings could say — when the weather got cold and the snow began to fall — “I’m cold! I need some sort of covering for my body to keep me warm, just like the lion’s fur keeps it warm. And I need some sort of shelter, like the nest of the squirrel would also keep out the snow and the cold!”