Show y 0 J ABOUT MR woodpecker TT WAS early early early in the JL morning dolly bad been sound asleep and add when she ebe awoke she knew it was early daylight was just beginning to appear it was not time to get up dolly knew that and why tied had she awakened so early this was not her usual time tor for waking up not quite so early as aa vile this then the she heard a tapping tapping tapping on oil the tin roof outside her ber room she wondered whet what it was should she tell tile the rest of the family what might it be for some borne little while she kept very still listening to the tapping tapping lapping flipping which kept up tip steadily sometimes she bhe felt afraid and would have liked covering her head with blankets but she knew she must not do that it was a 4 dangerous thing to do and he H tapped on the tin tl roof even it if nothing dreadful happened from doing it anyone would have had dreams it if they pulled the bedclothes over their heads beads so she kept her head bead above tile the bed clothes and listened top tap top tap tap the sound kept on and on it woe was very clear very sharp very steady certainly it be anything dreadful because anyone vibo nho was visa trying to do ham barm would not dot make suli su li a noise about it they would be quieter and that kept her from worril ng yet it was all very mysterious very mysterious indeed then dolly got up and put her head bead out ol of the window and tried to see ee but the tapping came from the part of the tin roof which was wag hidden bidden by another window she could see nothing but the tapping tapping tapping kept up T then h en she spoke who Is therel there she said in a very low voice so as not to awaken anyone and what do you want tapping tapping tapping wag the answer the only answer she bhe received for ta ai hour the tapping kept up then it stopped and for or an bo hour ur all was still but just as dolly was wag getting up op and getting dressed suddenly the tapping started again she went to tile the other window from where she dihe was wag quite sure she could see what wag wa happening she had not wanted to go there before because as long as the tapping y kept up and she had bad made up her mind nothing dreadful could happen when a creature was making so much noise she want to disturb the rest of ane family then the she saw what had happened A woodpecker had been tapping to let them know that he was all out of suet and that he would like some for dolly had kept sut on the lilac ijac bush oil all through the winter and it had bad all been eaten up he fie topped tapped on the tin roof to let them know that he was hungry and that he was walting waiting tor for breakfast and as he be kept getting more and more hungry he kept letting them still know that he be had bad no food what had happened when there had bad been quiet for an hour dolly found that out later la in the day her little friend lowell who kept suet on a 8 lilac bush outside of his house had heard a tapping tapping tapping on the tin water pipes pipe which ran down the side of the bouse boune ahen the woodpecker had found that his hint was not taken by dolly he went to lowells I house and when he found it was not taken there he be went back to try dolly again well hoth both fixed the suet once more they had thought perhaps the birds would not want the suet when the was wag on its way hut hilt tor for a time for quite a tinie time still mr woodpecker wanted to feel that he knew of two places where lie fie could always get a good breakfast and mr air woodpeckers hints blots were taken even though be had to wait that morning much too long he thought for hla his breakfast copyright |