Linda Connell., Age G. Of Pennsburg,, Pa:, For her question:

What is the mockingbird's own song?

He can croak like a frog or squeak like a rusty door; he can ding like a bell And imitate the songs of other birds to perfection. Andy once taught a mockingbird to blow kisses. The mockingbird has so many tricks that we tend to forget he also has a song of his own; in facts he has many songs each one more beautiful than the next. Mr. Mockingbird sings his own songs at dawns and sometimes he wakes up and sings A rippling carol to the full moon; he has a lovely throaty voices and he is always ready to sing a new and different song of his own; andy says that our native Mockingbird is a more talented singer than the famous nightingale of the old world.  And he has heard them both many times;