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"I was wrong; it is not a stump. But," she added coaxingly, "it really is more like a stump than a person, now isn't it? And I should not be afraid of it again." I WAS WRONG IT IS NOT A STUMP BUT SHE ADDED COAXINGLY IT REALLY IS MORE LIKE A STUMP THAN A PERSON NOW ISN'T IT AND I SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF IT AGAIN
 his dangers seriously. A series of deceiving and circuitous flights finally landed Mr. Flicker at his own door, and he perched himself in his hiding-place of leaves and watched the gray stump with an air of settled gloom. However, a bird is a bird, even though it be a serious flicker, and before many minutes he and his wife were chatting happily again. Mrs. Flicker even asserted boldly that if _she_ had not her eggs to look after, she would certainly investigate this thing; and then Mr. Flicker began to preen his feathers as if in preparation for the undertaking, but really to gain time and get up his courage, when, "Take care! Take care!" came notes of warning from the catbirds; and the stump suddenly lengthened itself like a telescope and walked away, with its two-eyed instrument under its arm. Mr. and Mrs. Flicker watched it gather a spray of late apple blossoms, saw it climb the fence and disappear down the road. "I beg your pardon," said polite little Mrs. Flicker to her husband. E NEVER TAKES HIS DANGER SERIOUSLY A SERIES OF DECEIVING AND CIRCUITOUS FLIGHTS FINALLY LANDED MISTER FLICKER AT HIS OWN DOOR AND HE PERCHED HIMSELF IN HIS HIDING PLACE OF LEAVES AND WATCHED THE GRAY STUMP WITH AN AIR OF SETTLED GLOOM HOWEVER A BIRD IS A BIRD EVEN THOUGH IT BE A SERIOUS FLICKER AND BEFORE MANY MINUTES HE AND HIS WIFE WERE CHATTING HAPPILY AGAIN MISSUS FLICKER EVEN ASSERTED BOLDLY THAT IF SHE HAD NOT HER EGGS TO LOOK AFTER SHE WOULD CERTAINLY INVESTIGATE THIS THING AND THEN MISTER FLICKER BEGAN TO PREEN HIS FEATHERS AS IF IN PREPARATION FOR THE UNDERTAKING BUT REALLY TO GAIN TIME AND GET UP HIS COURAGE WHEN TAKE CARE TAKE CARE CAME NOTES OF WARNING FROM THE CATBIRDS AND THE STUMP SUDDENLY LENGTHENED ITSELF LIKE A TELESCOPE AND WALKED AWAY WITH ITS TWO EYED INSTRUMENT UNDER ITS ARM MISTER AND MISSUS FLICKER WATCHED IT GATHER A SPRAY OF LATE APPLE BLOSSOMS SAW IT CLIMB THE FENCE AND DISAPPEAR DOWN THE ROAD I BEG YOUR PARDON SAID POLITE LITTLE MISSUS FLICKER TO HER HUSBAND
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