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Speaker 1: Welcome sleep night stories mister Nighthawk. Following his cry with

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Speaker 1: one or two quick beats of his wings, mister Nighthawk

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Speaker 1: dropped swiftly down among the trees in Farmer Green's dooryard.

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Speaker 1: He fell so fast that Kitty Katie did, watching from

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Speaker 1: his hiding place in one of the maples, couldn't help

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Speaker 1: hoping that the skycoaster would be una to stop himself

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Speaker 1: in time to escape being dashed upon the ground. But

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Speaker 1: mister Nighthawk was very skillful at that sport. Just at

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Speaker 1: the right moment, he turned quickly while the air rushed

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Speaker 1: through his wing feathers with a roaring sound, and then

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Speaker 1: he mounted upward again. Meanwhile, Kitty Katie did kept very

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Speaker 1: still among the leaves, with his wings folded over his back.

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Speaker 1: Only his two long threadlike feelers would wave backwards and forwards,

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Speaker 1: although he tried to keep them still. He was so

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Speaker 1: nearly the color of the green of the treetop that

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Speaker 1: he trusted mister Nighthawk wouldn't be able to see him,

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Speaker 1: But he was soon disappointed, for mister Nighthawk suddenly cried

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Speaker 1: ha and landed on a neighboring limb. There you are,

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Speaker 1: he said, you needn't think I don't see you. Why

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Speaker 1: good evening, Kitty Katy Did, answered, Since he was discovered,

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Speaker 1: there was no use in denying it. It's a great

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Speaker 1: surprise meeting you so unexpectedly. If only you'd had sent

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Speaker 1: word that you were coming, I'd have made different arrangements.

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Speaker 1: I've no doubt you would have. Mister Nighthawk sneered. But

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Speaker 1: I like to take people unaware. I've heard about you,

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Speaker 1: he added. They say you are a great umper, the

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Speaker 1: spriest jumper in all pleasant valley. Well, I can jump

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Speaker 1: fairly well, Katy Katy Did, admitted, But I don't pride

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Speaker 1: myself on my jumping. It's something that has always run

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Speaker 1: in my family. You know, all of us Katie DIDs

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Speaker 1: can leap quite a distance without any trouble. So I understand,

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Speaker 1: mister Nighthawk replied, And I'll tell you some news that

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Speaker 1: ought to please you. I've come here tonight for the

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Speaker 1: special purpose of seeing you jump. Katy Katy did almost

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Speaker 1: jumped out of his skin when he heard what mister

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Speaker 1: Nighthawk said, and it wouldn't have been anything remarkable for

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Speaker 1: him if he had. He had already squirmed out of

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Speaker 1: his skin. Six times that summer, though not from fear,

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Speaker 1: of course, casting his skin was almost a habit with Kitty.

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Speaker 1: All of his family were like that. Though he was

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Speaker 1: not nearly so old as mister Nighthawk, Kitty Katy did

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Speaker 1: had learned a thing or two during his brief lifetime,

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Speaker 1: and though he would have liked very much to jump

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Speaker 1: and jump out of mister Nighthawk's sight too, he had

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Speaker 1: no wish to hide himself inside that feathered scoundrel. So

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Speaker 1: he clung all the tighter to his perch and replied

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Speaker 1: that he didn't believe he cared to do any jumping

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Speaker 1: that night. Now, mister Nighthawk had a certain odd trick

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Speaker 1: of talking through his nose. Whether that was because the

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Speaker 1: late hours he kept, even on dark nights, gave him

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Speaker 1: a cold in his head, nobody seemed to know Anyhow,

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Speaker 1: he began teasing Kitty Katy did to jump for him,

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Speaker 1: and he talked through his nose more than ever. Yes,

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Speaker 1: although mister Nighthawk tried his best to speak pleasantly, he

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Speaker 1: only succeeded in making Kitty Katy did want to laugh

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Speaker 1: at him. For all, Kitty was so uneasy. I certainly

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Speaker 1: hope you aren't going to disappoint me, mister Nighthawk whined

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Speaker 1: as he looked hungrily at Kitty Katy. Did please please

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Speaker 1: jump for me just once? He begged. Here, I have

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Speaker 1: come all all the way across the meadow on purpose

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Speaker 1: to see what a fine jumper you are, and I

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Speaker 1: shall feel very unhappy if you don't perform for me.

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Speaker 1: But Kitty Katy did, refused to budge. I hadn't intended

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Speaker 1: to do any leaping tonight, he told mister Nighthawk, And

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Speaker 1: if I jumped for you, it would only upset my plans.

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Speaker 1: I know, I know, said mister Nighthawk, nodding his head.

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Speaker 1: But I thought you would just to oblige a friend,

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Speaker 1: wouldn't mind jumping from this tree into that one? And

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Speaker 1: he pointed to the nearest maple, the branches of which

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Speaker 1: all but touched the treetop in which they were sitting.

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Speaker 1: But Kitty Katy Did's mind was made up. No jumping

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Speaker 1: for me tonight, he piped in a shrill vol All

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Speaker 1: this time, mister Nighthawk was growing hungrier than ever, and

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Speaker 1: one might well wonder why he didn't make one quick

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Speaker 1: spring at Kitty Katy did and swallow him up, but

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Speaker 1: that was not mister Nighthawk's way of dining. Well, he

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Speaker 1: said at last, though you refuse to jump for me,

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Speaker 1: won't you kindly call some other member of your family

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Speaker 1: and ask him to oblige me. I don't know where

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Speaker 1: my relations are just now, replied Kitty kated it. Some

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Speaker 1: of them were here a while ago, but they went away,

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Speaker 1: and that was quite true. At that, the first warning

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Speaker 1: cry of mister Nighthawk's they had all vanished, as if

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Speaker 1: by magic among the leaves. What about that Katy you're

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Speaker 1: always talking about, mister Nighthawk, then inquired, don't you suppose

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Speaker 1: you could find her and persuade her to do a

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Speaker 1: little jumping for me, just to show me how it's done.

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Kitty said somewhat stiffly. I'm sorry, but I

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Speaker 1: must absolutely refuse to do such a thing. Now that

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Speaker 1: you've mentioned her, I'm simply saying Katy did, and beyond that,

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Speaker 1: I cannot discuss her with you. She did, what mister

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Speaker 1: Nighthawk wanted to know through his nose, but Kitty Katy

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Speaker 1: did declined to answer that question. He merely hugged his

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Speaker 1: wings closer to his green body and shot a sly

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Speaker 1: glance at mister Nighthawk, as if to say, Ah, that's

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Speaker 1: for you to find out, but I won't tell you.

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Speaker 1: Mister Nighthawk looked rather foolish. He had always supposed that

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Speaker 1: anyone who spent a good part of every night saying

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Speaker 1: the same thing over and over and over again must

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Speaker 1: be quite dull witted. But now he began to think

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Speaker 1: that perhaps Kitty Katy did was brighter than the field

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Speaker 1: people generally believed him to be. And when Kitty suddenly

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Speaker 1: asked him a question, he was sure of his mistake.

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Speaker 1: Did you know, said Kitty, that Solomon Owl usually visits

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Speaker 1: these farm buildings? Why No, I wasn't aware that mister

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Speaker 1: Nighthawk replied, with a quick, nervous look behind him. What

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Speaker 1: brings him here? Chickens? Kitty Katy did explain, Solomon Owl

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Speaker 1: is very fond of chickens, but they do say that

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Speaker 1: he's not above eating a nighthawk when he happens to

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Speaker 1: find one. School