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33 8 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
any foundation for the story about a flyaway
match?"
" A little,—a kiss, you know, and a few
random words can be turned to good account by
a clever pen," and here he again raised all the
quills in his head; and there was no gainsaying
him, for he looked as clever as he was ludicrous,
and he twisted his head round and round, so
that I thought it would come off, but it seems
he was only twisting the story about a little
more inside before sending it out for good.
And now he chattered with great fluency to
another cockatoo, and away went the fib on
its circulation to all the feathered gossipers, to
be added to and altered to suit each narrator,
just as in real life.
"You see those two black ones; we call
them Guinea cockatoos. They are in
constant mourning for some relations, very
distant, on the coast of Guinea. The gold
glimmers through their black-tissued dress.
They are rich widows !" he said, and laughed.
" A gilded sorrow," I quoted, "just as in real
life. And they really put me in mind of some
fine ladies, allowing their rich inheritance to
peep through the fashionable mourning-weeds.
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