We are very lucky as we have our very own Horse Chestnut Tree.
Throw them down and I'll try to catch and put them in the wagon.
Help! I think I'm stuck!
Look, we must have collected at least four wagon loads!
Conkers are protected by these hard shells until they are ripe, then they split into three parts to let the seed out just as this one is about to do.
The shells are covered in sharp spikes to stop animals from eating them whilst they are ripening.
Ouch!
See, these shells have now split because the conkers are ripe.
Look! I'm lying in a bed of beautiful shiny conkers! Oooh, just lov-e-ly!
Can we come next time?!!!
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