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Identifier: boywhoknewwhatbicolu (find matches)
Title: The boy who knew what the birds said
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972
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Publisher: New York : The Macmillan Company
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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What the Peacock and theCrow Told Each Other What The Peacock and the Crow ToldEach Other When the Crow Cameto Steal the Peacocks Feathers Said the Lapwing Crow,I never have seenSuch a one as you,Such a one as youFor stealing eggs. Said the Crow Caw, caw,I never have seenSuch a one myself,And I am, I am sureLonger in the world. HPHEN the Crow flew awayand the Lapwing went oncomplaining. The Crow flew away andhe came to where the Pea-cock was walking in theKings Garden. He asked the Peacock did he ever listen to stories. 149
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THE BOY WHO KNEW WHAT THE BIRDS SAID No, said the Peacock as he mounted thesteps of the terrace. No. Certainly not. I donot demean myself by listening to any of thestories they tell down below there. He spreadout his tail, and, that he might view his own mag-nificence, he turned his blue, shining neck. Hoodie the grey-headed Crow with the brightsharp eyes hopped after him. Jewels! Kings! Magicians! Palaces! Dragons!What do geese, grouse and farmyard fowl knowof such things? And yet they presume to tellstories! Tell stories that have nothing in themof Jewels, Kings, Magicians, Palaces, or Dragons! Nothing at all about such things, said Hoodiethe Crow, as he plucked a feather out of the Pea-cocks tail. Yet they will not listen to me, said Purpur-purati the Peacock. They affect even to scornmy voice! They pretend that it is less resonantthan the cock in the farmyard and less musicalthan the birds that sings at night. Theyd say anything, said Hoodie the Crow, keeping behind the Peacocks t

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  • bookyear:1918
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Colum__Padraic__1881_1972
  • bookpublisher:New_York___The_Macmillan_Company
  • bookcontributor:Information_and_Library_Science_Library__University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill
  • booksponsor:University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill
  • bookleafnumber:154
  • bookcollection:juvenilehistoricalcollection
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  • bookcollection:americana
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