The Tale of Big Peepers the Owl

There was certainly a mocking, jeering note in his laughter.

Of course, as he grew older, Johnnie Green no longer shivered on hearing Big Peepers's rolling call. When Big Peepers laughed, Johnnie Green would laugh, too. But Big Peepers the Owl never knew that, for often he was half a mile from the farm buildings.

A "hoot owl," Johnnie Green termed him. And anyone who heard Big Peepers hooting of an evening, or just before sunrise, would have agreed that it was a good name for him.