a-u-k

Updated: May 24, 2025

"'It concerns eggs, said Pearson. 'Abner, did you ever hear about the eggs of the great auk? "'Great hawk! said Abner. "'Not hawk! Auk a-u-k. "'Never seen the bird, said Abner. "'I reckon not, said the other. 'They say they disappeared some time before the war; but I don't believe that.

Frank Richard Stockton - John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein