Dickie Deer Mouse in "A Feast At Last"

In a little while he felt so much better that he called out to Mr. Pine Finch: "Shake a lot of 'em down—there's a good fellow!"
Mr. Pine Finch fluttered to a perch on a limb and looked down in great surprise.
"Did you speak?" he inquired.
"Yes!" Dickie Deer Mouse piped up. "You know, I can climb a tree; but I can't crawl out to the tips of the branches, because I'm too heavy. So you'll oblige me if you'll drop a few dozen more of those buds."
The request surprised Mr. Pine Finch. His face told that much.