343-3 -3=-3-3-3-3 52 Odd! Odd! Why, 538 shouldn't 54, And he gave three short, angry jumps. 55. crickets 56. Christopher hopped along with them. 57. e¢rickets had 58. to Chrispopher 59. Father 60. Now, G1. So Christopher 62, His father, 63. began. 64, I can play better 65. So he 66. the strings. 67. stopped 68. Did you do that? 69. I --I 70. My 71. Christopher 72. nine and twelve 73. and the last 74, ears and turned pale. 75. I'm very sorry, but 76. I will too! 77. And 78. worse than 79. people leaned be surprised were You!" said take I'm a born musician! going they toward already asked the begun me tall to be grass happily the lessons! I leader! But then he saw all the other band. So When he reached the band, the to play and smiled even need to the and play in the tune was: Happy Birthday bowed three times. Then his to him: my fiddle and join us. stepped up, looking very important, tapped with the broomstraw, Christopher puffed out than his playing. held out his arms, and the music that. chest, was closed his a terrible Christopher's eyes, and squealing eyes drew the bow across sound, and the whole open. His father mistake. Try again. times, five, six, and time the noise was worse, the band covered up its popped band saids so} goodness. Perhaps tried. tried and took the fiddle. sniffed. There guess he if I don't He and time, oned any made tried a slight three times, even fourteen. it was so dreadful But four every that all said: Finally his father I'm afraid you will never make a fiddle more. This time there was a loud screeching all of the out you rest. above the Windows flew up heads the crickets of along asking the player. sound street "What's and that?"