"But I guess he doesn't know that," said Laddie. "If he did he'd feel
better about it."

"He bites," said Mun Bun reflectively. "I'd rather have Alexis. Alexis
doesn't bite."

"Alexis would bite if he thought anybody was going to hurt him," said
Russ. "But we can't make this eagle understand."

"Why not?" immediately demanded Vi.

"Because we can't talk bird-talk," replied Rose, giggling.

"When I go to school I'll learn bird-talk," announced Mun Bun. "And I'll
learn to talk dog-talk and cat-talk, too. Then they'll all know what I
mean."

"That is a splendid idea, dear," Rose said warmly. "You do just that."

"S'posing they don't teach those languages where you go to school, Mun
Bun?" suggested Laddie gravely. "I guess they don't in all schools. They
don't in the Pineville school, do they, Russ?"

"I'll ask Mother to send me to a school where they do," declared Mun Bun
before Russ could reply. "I don't need to learn to talk our kind of
talk. I know that already. But birds and dogs and cats are different."

"You talk pretty good, I guess, Mun Bun," said Russ. Mun Bun was quite
proud of this. He did not know that he often said "t" for "c" and "w"
for "r." "But you will be a long time learning to speak so that this