Part 7 (2/2)
”Hoppety-hop,” answered he, and was off again
”The fellow ht, and decided to fly away She couldn't rerace to be mistaken for a wasp, one of those useless wasps, those tra
But there he was again!
”Mademoiselle,” he called and turned round part way, so that his long hindlegs looked like the hands of a clock standing at five minutes before half-past seven, ” our conversation now and then But suddenly I'm seized I must hop I can't help it, I must hop, no matter where Can't you hop, too?”
He smiled a smile that drew his
”Can you?” said the grasshopper, and nodded encouragingly
”Who _are_ you?” asked Maya ”You're terribly exciting”
”Why, everybody knoho I arinned almost beyond the limits of his jaws
Maya never could make out whether he spoke in fun or in earnest
”I'er in these parts,” she replied pleasantly, ”else I' to the faoodness,” said the grasshopper, ”one and the sa”
Maya couldn't utter a sound, she was so excited
”You're uneducated,” she burst out at length ”Take a good look at a wasp once”
”Why should I?” answered the green one ”What good would it do if I observed differences that exist only in people's i you come across, and can't hop Exactly the same with a wasp
So where's the difference? Hoppety-hop!” And he was gone
”But now I aain
”Made-arden
Would you care to have a coames? My old woman has two left over She'll trade you one for a compliment I expect to break the record”
”I' acrobatics,” said Maya in soher_ interests”
The grasshopper grinned a grin you could alhly of yourself,lady Most creatures in this world can fly, but only a very, very few can hop You don't understand other people's interests You have no vision Even huant hop The other day I saw the Reverend Sinpeck hop a yard up into the air to impress a little snake that slid across his road His contereat that he threay his pipe And reverends, you know, cannot live without their pipes I have known grasshoppers--ht three hundred tith _Now_ you're iretting the remarks you made and the reth! Just iest anih as that Well? You're not saying anything
Didn't I tell you you wouldn't have anything to say?”
”But how _can_ I say anything if you don't give rasshopper pleasantly
”Hoppety-hop” He was gone
Maya had to laugh in spite of her irritation