THE WOODPECKER.
Reading edition
One day John was lying on the grass under a big maple tree. All at once he heard some one tap on the tree. “Tap, tip-y, tap, tap, tap! Tap, tip-y, tap, tap, tap! John looked all around. Then he looked up in the tree. He saw a woodpecker making a hole in the tree. That is the way a woodpecker builds his nest. Some chips fell on the grass beside John. “Tap, tap!” went the busy little carpenter. How happy he was at his work!