Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 249
now on, they are going to belong to me.He started to carry them away, but a suddenharsh scream close to him startled him so thathe dropped the nut he had in his mouth. Hedodged behind the trunk of the tree just in timeto escape the dash of an angry bird in a brilliantblue suit with white and black… … tongue of the angry jay. It was exciting withoutbeing very dangerous. After a while, however,it grew tiresome, and, watching his chance, heslipped over to another tree and into a hole madeby Drummer the Woodpecker. Sammy Jay didnt see where he had disappeared, and, after hunt-ing in vain, gave up…
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