Show aff ret 41 affy MAW MARY GRAHAM BOWER BONNER THE SPRING PEEPER rm larger than you said little iriss inso spring peeper true rrue said sal d lit tle tie blaster spring peeper but youre not much more than tin nil inch rr in size anyway and everyone knows that no an inch a great deal you have a nice brown thront said bliss spring leoper ia coper politely deboth We botn wear nice suits of yellowish brown hut the lio main tiling thing about us I 1 aim 11 m larcer t aloer 11 the way we w loy lovo the springtime oh how bow we love tho the spring springtime ti mai I 1 we do indeed said bald master spring peeper we love 1 it t better than at any ay ming else peep peep peep how wo we love to ting sing we sing alone and we nye sing ing 3 la in chorus we simply love to al ling 9 we begin very early in the spring to have our x seasons concerts concern and when were clout about through with our season eason tile tho common tree frogs beglis begin their chorus we look like little frogs in fact we fire are little frogs oh ch such little little ones and were so hard to seo see or catch weri were quick and were wera amad smart though wo welock ook so eo small and delicate and helpless we dont mind it it if there la Is n pond about or marshy ground or what kind hind of it a home we have fis we lovo love to ting sing and enjoy ourselves people dont know us by sight very well if at all and they dont know us by talk talking ing right with us but they know our voices yes in the springtime were bv singing a ii singing nil all we can I 1 believe belle ill sing a song about the springtime now so 80 master blaster spring peeper began to sing and this was his song peep peep peep peep why should we sloop ifa when sn an ting sing mine and m our voices ring with music catry chirpy and tay say on every rainy ayi cheit nt for we wa like tile the dark we dot do wo wa like the lie on molls moa too dut but belt beat of all we like the peep peep spring s the th infill master blaster spring peeper grinned funny little of course I 1 I 1 aketo sleep lie he but I 1 dont ime to upend spend so much time sleeping Ble that I 1 plenty of time for sIng singing inc of course not agreed miss spring peeper just vien then came along a lot of little creatures with wings upon thele their backs and nd wads in their hands fiands they arent crickets i i said bald master spring peeper and they arent lif birds ads whatever lit in tile tha world are theat cy 7 were fairies they answered nn master blaster spring peeper was about to hide do not be afraid of us they bald we will never never nevar hurt you nor do we want to catch you yon but we just heard your song and we ve thought it it was a very verr beautiful song we were wondering it if you come to the big fairyland concert which to Is to be given in the lie sc scrumptious swamp down a way from here wed like to dp have a chorus of spring peepers and we would also love to 11 have were re p paerl sit you sing that fi fine n olo lolo you were just singing little master blaster spring was very lappy he was just as happy as lie could be I olf oh I 1 would be tongred hon pred fairies I 1 would be honored indeed and nd I 1 will tell my friends and relatives for I 1 am sure they will all be honored too good said the fairies then well have a great chorus of spring lle peepers pers and though we will not send out invitations their music will be heard beard for a long way orr off I 1 |