For wings are swifter far than legs,
On whatsoever purpose bent,
But doubly swift and tireless
Those wings on kindly deed intent.
And this is how it happened that Ol' Mistah Buzzard was the first to
find out what it was that had stopped the laughing of the Laughing
Brook and the smiling of the Smiling Pool, but he was so surprised
when he did find out, that he forgot all about going back to tell
Spotty the Turtle. He forgot everything but his own great surprise,
and he blinked his eyes a great many times to make sure that he
wasn't dreaming. Then he sailed around and around in circles,
looking down among the trees of the Green Forest and saying over and
over to himself:
"Did yo' ever? No, Ah never! Did yo' ever? No, Ah never!"
CHAPTER XIV: Spotty The Turtle Keeps Right On Going
"One step, two steps, three steps, so!
Four steps, five steps, six steps go!
Keep right on and do your best;
Mayhap you'll win while others rest."
Spotty the Turtle said this over to himself every time he felt a little
down-hearted, as he plodded along the bed of the Laughing Brook.
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