bark-back

Updated: May 25, 2025

"Boo! old bark-back; where's your tail?" said the wagtail, now quite cross to find that the ugly old toad was quite as clever as he, and a deal better-tempered. "Tail," said the other contemptuously; "what's the use of a tail only to wag? Do you want me to pull it?"

George Manville Fenn - Featherland: How the Birds lived at Greenlawn