WHO CAN IT BE?
“TAP-TAP, Tap-tap!" I wonder what's that,—
Is somebody building a house?
"Tap-tap! Tap-tap!" and a quick "rat-tat,"
Then everything still as a mouse.
"Tap-tap! Tap-tap!" Why, who can it be?
Are the fairies at work in the wood?
"Tap-tap! Tap-tap!" We surely must see
What's doing of bad or of good.
"Tap-tap! Tap-tap!" Some carpenter sure;
Here's sawdust all scattered about.
But where can he keep himself hid so secure?
That's something we'll have to find out.
"Tap-tap! Tap-tap!" Ah, there! Now
I see
A flash like the brightest of flame..
There he goes! There he goes! In that
old hollow tree—
Golden - winged Woodpecker's his
name.
Elizabeth A. Davis.