But there was nothing he could do now except to agree to Mr. Nighthawk's proposal.

Mr. Nighthawk whined, as he looked hungrily at Kiddie Katydid.

"I hadn't intended to do any leaping to-night," he told Mr. Nighthawk.

And it drove every thought except one out of Mr. Nighthawk's head.

But it was Mr. Nighthawk, making that odd, booming sound of his.

The more he thought about Mr. Nighthawk the more he wanted to meet him.

Of course it was very rude for Mr. Nighthawk to speak in such a way.

Then Mr. Nighthawk left his perch and climbed up into the sky.

And at last Kiddie Katydid told him that it was Mr. Nighthawk that he had heard.

Kiddie had explained 94 to him how Mr. Nighthawk caught his meals on the wing.