Music!!

There sure was a lot of music happening in this week's chapters of A Cricket in Times Square! From time to time, I'd realize I was humming or whistling one of the songs the story mentioned!

Remember the song that Harry Cat heard on the radio and sang at the dinner party? It's a real song and it comes from an old movie. Click here for the short part where that song is sung! And as long as you're in a musical mood, here's the Blue Danube Waltz that Chester joined the radio in playing and played perfectly!



What a shame the party was ruined by the fire. As I read, I wished Chester had sounded the alarm (clock!) sooner. After the fire was out and the Bellinis came to investigate the damage, Mama Bellini said that Chester was a jinx. What is a jinx? Do you think Chester was one? Why or why not? Put your opinion in the comment space, below.

"He chirps opera?!" exclaimed Papa. Then the author describes Papa as being so surprised that his eyes looked as big and startled as two hard boiled eggs. And I got a great picture in my head of Mr. Bellini looking that way - and I laughed out loud!

Chester played lots of different piece of music! Mrs. Bird would have loved this cricket! Here's one last piece, the hymn he played that so surprised Mr. Smedley!