Part 7 (2/2)

Then Old Mister Woodpecker started to drill another hole, but he was still so full of giggles that he could not get his mouth closed, and every tiive a giggle

”A teasel pick pickles! Ha! Ha! Ha!” laughed Old Mister Woodpecker ”Ho!

Ho! Ho!” and it was four et the corner of his lips down so that he could get his mouth closed

So Old Mister Woodpecker could not laugh and work at the same time, and that may be the reason why only a very few people have ever heard Mister Woodpecker laugh out loud, and not so very many people have even seen him smile

CHAPTER VII

MISTER ROBERT ROBIN AND HIS FAMILY TAKE A VACATION

In the country where Robert Robin lived there were a great h the valleys, and emptied into the lakes, and the waters froreat lake which looked as large as the sea

Mister Robert Robin thought that the big lake was the sea, and all the other robins in his part of the country thought the sareat lake that Robert Robin and his fahted with the trip across the country It was great fun to fly from one woods to another, and then look around to see what new things could be found No one was in a hurry to get anywhere

”We have all the time there is!” said Mrs Robin

”Let us not be in a hurry!” said Robert Robin ”When one is taking a vacation he should never be in a hurry to get where he is going!”

”Much haste, less speed!” said Mrs Robin ”Children, get your father to sing you his Wait-a-bit song!”

Then all the youngster robins began to coax Robert Robin to sing his Wait-a-bit song

”Daddy! Please sing us your Wait-a-bit song! Daddy! Please sing us your Wait-a-bit song!”

So at last Robert Robin perched hi the:

”Never hurry, Wait a bit!

Never worry, Wait a bit!

Do your work!

Never shi+rk!

Never hurry!

Never worry!

Wait a bit!”

Before Robert Robin had finished singing his Wait-a-bit song Mister Catbird caled swamp, and perched himself near Robert Robin, in the top of the tall butternut tree When Robert Robin was through with his song, Mister Catbird said: ”Mister Robin, you are a stranger tothat sa, I would be pleased if you would doit over once ain for Mister Catbird, and Mister Catbird said: ”Now sing it again, and I will sing along with you! I would like very s that I ever heard”

So Robert Robin sang the song again, and Mister Catbird sang along with hih Mister Catbird had a very fine voice, and could sing very good indeed, he put in soa part of his Cherry song

That h, and then he made a noise like a cat, and the little robins were verybird like Mister Catbird who could make a noise almost exactly like a cat

Mister Catbird was a jolly person, and he was full of jokes He sat there in the top of the tall butternut tree, and pretended that he was Mister Blackbird, and he sang Mister Blackbird's song all the way through Then he said ”Meow!” and then he sang a song very ain, and laughed Ita good song like that by saying ”Meow!” and he thought that Mister Catbird wasfun of him, so he said to Mister Catbird: