'
"Den de Woodpecker he pass de kempulmence wid 'im, des same ez any
udder gemmun; an' atter dey talk er wile, den de Blue Jay he up'n sez,
'I wuz jes er lookin' fur yer,' sezee; 'I gwine ter hab er party
termorrer night, an' I'd like fur yer ter come. All de birds'll be
dar, Miss Robin in speshul,' sezee.
"An' wen de Woodpecker hyearn dat, he 'lowed he'd try ter git dar. An'
den de Jay he tell him good-mornin', an' went on ter Miss Robin's
house. Well, hit pyeart like Miss Robin wuz mo' cole dan uzhul dat
day, an' by'mby de Jay Bird, fur ter warm her up, sez, 'Yer lookin'
mighty hansum dis mornin',' sezee. An' sez she, 'I'm proud ter hyear
yer say so; but, speakin' uv hansum,' sez she, 'hev yer seed Mr.
Peckerwood lately?'
"Dat made de Blue Jay kint er mad; an' sezee, 'Yer pyear ter tuck er
mighty intrus' in 'im.'
"'Well, I dunno 'bout'n dat,' sez Miss Robin, sez she, kinter lookin'
shame. 'I dunno 'boutn dat; but, den I tink he's er mighty hansum
bird,' sez she.
"Well, wid dat de Jay Bird 'gun ter git madder'n he wuz, an' he 'lowed
ter hisse'f dat he'd ax Miss Robin ter his house, so's she could see
how he'd fix de Peckerwood; so he sez,
"'Miss Robin, I gwine ter hab er party termorrer night; de
Woodpecker'll be dar, an' I'd like fur yer ter come.
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