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WHO'S THERE? 



"Tap! tap! tap!" 



"Come in!" 



"Tap! tap! tap!" 



" Come in ! " 



" R-r-i--rat-tat-tat ! " 



" What is the matter? Avho's there?" 



Then I got up and went to the door, but n - 

 body was there; not the tiniest, smallest boc 

 that ever was. 



"Eat-tat-tat! tap! tap! tap-tap!" Wh 

 what can it be? There must be some one 

 the window. I went to the window and open( 

 the blinds. oSTobody there ! Then I said, " Sti 

 and nonsense ! I am di-eaming ! " and sat do'S'^ i 

 to my writing. "Tap! tap! tap-tap!" can 

 again at the window. This time I stole softly 

 across the i-oom and peeped through the blinds. 

 There on the window-sill sat a beautiful gold- 

 en-winged woodpeckei', his bright black eyes 

 cocked up suspiciously towards the blinds, and 

 his sharp bill all ready for another rap on the 

 sill. I clapped ray hands. There was a swift 

 whirr! a flash of flame, and oif went the mischievous beauty, to tap,, 

 tap, tap, at my neighbor's window. 



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