"Why don't you wear one?" he inquired. "It would do just as well."
"Don't be silly!" she snapped. "Ladies never wear mustaches."
"Yes, they do," he replied.
"No, they don't!" she disputed.
Well, he saw at once that it was useless to argue with her.
"Come with me a moment, my dear!" Reddy begged her.
She thought he was going somewhere to get a mustache. So of course she hurried after him.
Reddy Woodpecker stopped beside Farmer Green's barn.
"There!" he said, as he waved a wing towards a great poster that was pasted upon the side of the barn. "Do you see that lady? She has a mustache—and a beard, too!"
It was just as he said. Mrs. Woodpecker couldn't help admitting that, to herself. And though she didn't speak to Reddy the rest of that day, he was satisfied. For she didn't mention mustaches to him again.