ther Frog, who is very old and very wise. "He'll know," said
Peter, as off he posted to the Smiling Pool.

"If you please, Grandfather Frog, how does it happen that Mr. Mocker has
such a wonderful voice and can make it sound like the voice of any one whom
he hears?" asked Peter.

Now Grandfather Frog was feeling out of sorts that morning. He hadn't heard
the whisper that Mr. Mocker had not come by his voice honestly, and he
thought that Peter Rabbit was asking just to hear a story.

"Chugarum!" replied Grandfather Frog crossly. "Go ask Mr. Buzzard," And
that was all that Peter could get out of him. So, not knowing what else to
do, off started Peter Rabbit to ask Ol' Mistah Buzzard where his friend Mr.
Mocking-bird got such a wonderful voice.

Ol' Mistah Buzzard laughed when he heard that some folks said that Mr.
Mocker had not come by his voice honestly.

"There isn't a word of truth in it, Brer Rabbit," he declared. "Yo' go tell
all your friends that Mistah Mockah is the best loved of all the birds way
down Souf."

And this is all for the present about the adventures of Mr. Mocker the
Mocking-bird. But others have had adventures, and one is Jerry Muskrat. The
next book will tell all about them.

THE END

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