"Here!" said the Wood Cricket.
"'Cello?"
"Here!" said the Mole Cricket.
"Flutes?"
"Here!" said the Bush-cheeps.
"Grass-blade?"
"Here!" said Winnie, screwing her lips up very tight.
"Good!" said the Great Green Grasshopper's wife, and she reared herself up backwards and began to beat time with her hind legs.
"Two bars first," she said. "Now!"
At the third bar they all came in very fairly together, but before they had played half a minute the Great Green Grasshopper's wife stopped short.