7/12 Oh! do hear it laugh, Nat." And the Flicker, the big Woodpecker with golden lining to its wings, for it was he, gave out peal after peal of his jolly call-note. Come down through the orchard; I hear some Bluebirds singing and perhaps you can see them. They are very tame, and often make their nests in the knot holes in these old trees." "See, Olive," said Dodo, "what is that down in the grass by the fence? Do you think it can be any sort of a wild animal ?" "No, it's a boy," said Nat. |