While they gathered, the chipmunks sorted everything out in an organized manner. They meticulously arranged them into piles.
The first pile was immediate food—items that would be used within days, including fresh vegetables, corn, beans, and pumpkins.
The second was winter storage: potatoes, sweet potatoes, grain, and the like, carefully set aside for preservation.
The third was seed stock. Sunnie helped them select the largest pumpkins, healthiest corns, best wheat, and strongest beans. These were dried and saved for next year's harvest.
The process of harvesting didn't take a day or two like the beast husbands had thought. It took days and stretched into weeks, given the amount of dedication Sunnie and the chipmunks put into it.
