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A moment later, with a whir of wings and a frightened squawk that quickly turned into a surprised caw of triumphant rejoicing, the crow soared into the air and made straight for a distant tree-top. David, after a minute's glad surveying of his work, donned his blouse again and resumed his walk. It was almost six o'clock when David got back to the Holly farmhouse.
At last he said, 'You may caw as loud as you please, but you shall never make a meal of me." On another occasion when the Athenians wished to send him to meet the enemy, and when he refused, called him a coward, he said, "You are not able to make me brave, nor am I able to make you cowards. However, we understand one another."
Bullard gave a tiny cough and glanced at Lancaster, who immediately said in a somewhat recitative fashion: "I stick to my theory, Bullard, that Mr. Craig, in placing some of his own papers in a green metal box, placed ours along with them." Bullard turned to the servant with a frank look of appeal. "A green metal box. Can you help us, Caw?" It was on Caw's tongue to reply "No, sir."
On her way, she stepped into the I Hung Yuean, to look up Pao-yue and have a friendly hobnob with him, with the idea of dispelling her mid-day lassitude; but, contrary to her expectations, the moment she put her foot into the court, she did not so much as catch the caw of a crow. Even the two storks stood under the banana trees, plunged in sleep.
The sun looked down like a young father upon his earth-mothered children, peeping out of their beds to greet him after the long winter night. The rooks were too busy to caw, dibbling deep in the soft red earth with their great beaks. The red cattle, flaked with white, spotted the clear fresh green of the meadows.
Harvie, I take leave to hope we shall not require to trust him." "Why on earth ?" "Well, sir, he's a lawyer " "Good lord, Caw! What are you driving at? My uncle trusted him, and his letter " "If you'll excuse me, sir, you have just been telling me that Mr. Harvie knows next to nothing. Mr.
Not only to-day, but to-morrow and the next day and through all the days to come, he would have to give up shooting sparrows because Pete liked bread crumbs. "Shoo!" he said for the last time, rather quietly now. "Caw, caw!" retorted Pete, throwing up his head. The shiny sight of the air rifle glistened against the beady, vicious, triumphant eye, cocked a little sideways.
Craik. I have leetle knowledge, but it is discreet and confiding. No, sir!" "In that case, I should imagine he would have wished it to stop as soon as possible. Caw assures me that the main object in making the clock to go for a whole year was to allow time for my return before certain wishes of my uncle took effect. You take my meaning?" "I do, sir; and though the late Mr.
"Judy Jameson, you know you don't believe in ghosts," she tried to reassure herself, "you know you don't, Judy Jameson," but all the same her heart went "thumpety-thump." She cowered back against the rock as a white figure appeared beside the black one, and the two bore down upon her. There was a sudden bewildering chorus: "Caw caw caw " "Purr rr meow "
Then he dressed it with the sheepskin and put on the hat. When it was done, it was the scariest looking scarecrow you ever saw! "I guess that will frighten the crows!" said Dion, as he gazed at it admiringly. "It just about scares me." "Caw, caw, caw!" screamed a crow. A crow was flying right over his head! Dion shook his fist at him. "You old thief!" he cried.
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