"Speak louder!" somebody said to Jasper. "You know he's hard of hearing."
[p. 20]So Jasper Jay repeated the question. But Daddy Longlegs only looked at him blankly.
It was quite clear that he couldn't understand a single word that Jasper said.
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TOO MANY QUESTIONS
"This is strange!" old Mr. Crow exclaimed, looking very hard at Daddy Longlegs. "You heard the first question easily enough. But now you seem deaf as a post."
And all the time Daddy Longlegs merely smiled at Mr. Crow. He made no comment at all.
"Don't you know what I'm saying?" Mr. Crow bawled in his loudest tones.