“He had them curled under him when I saw him sitting in the woods,” answered Carrier Pigeon, “and really I cannot say.”
Kerchug, the leap frog, heard all the birds twittering and whispering, up in the trees. He thought they were all laughing at him, so he gulped and swallowed and then said that he was very glad indeed to see Carrier Pigeon and that it was a very fine morning.
“You might say to your friend,” he added, “that I must have time to think this over, and you can come back in an hour.”
“Very well,” answered Carrier Pigeon, “I’ll go back and tell him.”
Kerchug and Sly Fox come.
When Carrier Pigeon had gone, Kerchug put everything which he had in a red bandana handkerchief and tied it up and put the bundle on the end of a stick, which he rested on his shoulder. Then he started for the bulrushes which grew along side of the pool. He had not gone very far before he met Sly Fox.
“Good morning, Kerchug, how is the jumping this morning?” asked Sly Fox.