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I. All the trees are sleeping, all the winds are still, / All the flocks of fleecy clouds have wandered past the hill; / Through the noonday silence, down the woods of June, / Hark, a little hunter's voice comes running with a tune. / "Hide and seek! / "When I speak, / "You must answer me: / "Call again, / "Merry men, / "Coo-ee, coo-ee, coo-ee!"
Now I hear his footsteps, rustling through the grass: / Hidden in my leafy nook, shall I let him pass? / Just a low, soft whistle, -- quick the hunter turns, / Leaps upon me laughing, rolls me in the ferns. / "Hold him fast, / "Caught at last! / "Now you're it, you see. / "Hide your eye, / "Till I cry, / "Coo-ee, coo-ee, coo-ee!"