Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 206
himself. From the time he mounts laboriouslyuntil he drops helplessly back among the busheshis appearance is that of a clownish creatureexperimenting for the first time with wings andtail, and making a signal failure of it. Not content with squawking, squealing, mew-ing and barking all day, he… … HE DELIGHTS TO DANGLE HIS LEGS AS IF THEY WERE BROKEN. Now he barks like a puppy, then quacks like a duck, then rattles like a kingfisher, then squalls like a fox, then caws like a crow, then mews like a cat. Now he calls as if to be heard a long way off, then changes his key, as if addressing the…
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