"Drum again!" Turkey Proudfoot ordered. "Call your friend at once and I'll show her a tail that is a tail. Yours is no bigger than Mrs. Green's fan."
The stranger made no move to obey. He appeared somewhat sulky.
"What's your name?" Turkey Proudfoot demanded.
"I'm Mr. Grouse," the stranger[p. 79] snapped out. "I supposed everybody in Pleasant Valley knew me. My drumming is famous."
"Indeed!" said Turkey Proudfoot. "I thought it was Johnnie Green making that noise."
"No wonder!" Mr. Grouse sniffed. "You're only a barnyard fowl. You can't be expected to know anything about us game birds."