Baker\'sBluejayYarn[WhatStumpedtheBlueJays]
\"WhenIfirstbeguntounderstandjaylanguagecorrectly，therewasalittleincidenthappenedhere。Sevenyearsago，thelastmaninthisregionbutmemovedaway。Therestandshishouse——beenemptyeversince；aloghouse，withaplankroof——justonebigroom，andnomore；noceiling——nothingbetweentheraftersandthefloor。Well，oneSundaymorningIwassittingouthereinfrontofmycabin，withmycat，takingthesun，andlookingatthebluehills，andlisteningtotheleavesrustlingsolonelyinthetrees，andthinkingofthehomeawayyonderinthestates，thatIhadn\'theardfrominthirteenyears，whenabluejaylitonthathouse，withanacorninhismouth，andsays，\'Hello，IreckonI\'vestrucksomething。\'Whenhespoke，theacorndroppedoutofhismouthandrolleddowntheroof，ofcourse，buthedidn\'tcare；hismindwasallonthethinghehadstruck。Itwasaknot-holeintheroof。
Hecockedhisheadtooneside，shutoneeyeandputtheotheronetothehole，likeapossumlookingdownajug；
thenheglancedupwithhisbrighteyes，gaveawinkortwowithhiswings——whichsignifiesgratification，youunderstand——andsays，\'Itlookslikeahole，it\'slocatedlikeahole——blamedifIdon\'tbelieveitIS
ahole!\'