The Riddle of the Robin

Willa Finds Out

Camille bends down, picks up Carrot, and then all the girls dash away from the playhouse. When they get to safety, Emerson’s tears fill with tears; the robin scared her. Willa says she doesn’t know why the robin acted that way. But her bird book wrote that if an animal’s behavior changes, there’s probably a good reason for it. So why did their robin become so unfriendly all of a sudden?

Willa takes a deep breath, and says she’s going to find out. Willa creeps back toward the playhouse where she left her binoculars. The robin shrieks at her loudly and flaps its wings. She stands on a tree stump and peers through the binoculars. Then she realizes and calls over her friends.