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FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
" You seem to be the king here," I said
to him.
" Oh, no; we are not political; we are
a Republic of Letters here, and I am the
President," he answered, and with a funny
twist of the neck raised all the quills on his
head on end to show his capacity for the
appointment
"Ah, indeed! A ruler, at any rate!" I
observed.
" Well, yes, you are right," he said, laughing,
and smoothed down his ruffled quills again.
" You see, we are a scandal-mongering society,
and circulate news and gossip about each other
and everybody, and re-edit what we hear from
the visitors about the outer world, and of course
some one must govern, or there would be no
one to decide what to circulate in the
vernacular, and what not All that you see here in
this motley crowd of ours understand the
popinjay tongue perfectly, and a good many
have a smattering of English and other
languages. Mrs. M’Caw! Mrs. M’Caw!" cried
the President.
A loud scream came, through the tremendous
chatter and din which was going on every-
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