"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?