Solomon Owl in "It Was Solomon's Fault"

“Where's the fun?” Reddy's friends had wanted to know, after they had waited until they were impatient.

And Reddy Woodpecker could only shake his head and say:

“I can't understand it! It's never happened like this before. I'm afraid Solomon Owl has lost his hearing.”

Reddy Woodpecker's friends were no more polite than he. And they began to jeer at him.