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"Listen, my dear." said Reddy Fox to Mrs. Raddy. es they pre- pared to leave the Old Pasture in search of a. breakfast.

"I'm listening," replied Mrs. Roddy. "What am I supposed to listen to?"

”Dontt you hear that drums mar?" asked Reddy.

"0! oourse I hear that drum- mer. There would be something wrong with my ears ii I didn't. For a. small person, that Wood- pecker sure can make a lot of noise,” replied Mrs. Roddy.

"He certainly can," replied Reddy. "But why listen to him when there's another drummer drumming?"

Mrs. Reddy set her sharp black eels forward to catch every lit- tle sound. The rat-a-tat-tat of

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Drummer the Woodpecker, drum- ming on s. dead limb. was loud. she could tell from the sound that Drummer was in a tree on the very edge of the Green Forest. When that rat-a-tat-tat-tat ceased. she heard something that sounded very much like the rumble of dis- tant thunder. It was coming from iar in the Green mi-est. and was faint because of the distance. She move Reddy s sldelong look. I-le grinned, and nodded. "Does that me" anything to you?” he axed. "Not much,” replied Mn. Reddy. "'I'hunderer the Grouse has be- gun his spring drumming: that's all."

”Thunderer the Grouse would make a very nice breakvlss ," sug- gested Reddy slyly.

It was Mrs. Reddy's turn to grin. "You get it for me, and I'll eat it." said she. "'It'y'ina to catch that fellow is a waste of time."

"It is most of the time," agreed Redddy. "But there may he a. chance this morning."

"What makes you think so?" asked Mrs. Reddy.

"My dear. listen again. Unless something is wrong with my elrs. there are two drummers over there in the Green Forest." said Reddy.

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Reddy looked at Mrs. Reddy. "1 think," said he. "we should go over to the Green Forest. We might get that Grouse breaklast we both want."

”What makes you think so?" uked Mrs. Reddy.

"01 course you know why Thunder- er is drumming over there," said Recldv.

Mrs. Reddy nodded. "Of course,” laid she. "He is drumming to Mrs. Grouse. I suppose it's has way of making love." C

"That's it." agreed Reddy, " and it I know anything about it, he's sin-utting on an old log, or on a rock. or some other place where he can show off. Have you ever seen him do that my dear?"

"Of course I have." replied Mrl Reddy. "1 never have seen any- thing more silly."

"Mrs. Grouse doesn't think it ll silly," replied Reddy. "The more he struts, the more she admires him. She probably is watching him now. You heard that other Grouse drumming. I have an idea that those two Grouse will fight. and that we ought to be over there."

Mrs. Roddy looked a little puzzled. "What tor?" she acked. "What is the good of going way over there. just to see a. fight?"

”Folks fighitmg can't think of anything else. You know that as well as I do, " replied Reddy.

Mrs. Reddy suddenly chuckled. "Come on!" said she. "Two Grouse lighting, could mean a breakfast for two. Is that what you mean?"

"That's it, my dear. "Come on!" replied Reddy, and started to trot along an old Cow path. Mrs. Roddy tollowed.

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