"If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs,
"The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies."
While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely,
Crying to the moo--oo--oon,
"If only, if only."
—Holes,
Louis Sachar
Reread this lullaby. How do the words “if only, if only” help connect the two timelines in the story?
