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Updated: May 29, 2025
But Jocko wanted something more; and presently Neddy, who was reading in his hammock on the piazza, heard a great cackling among the hens, and looked up to see the monkey swinging by his tail from a bough, holding the great cock-a- doodle by his splendid tail, while all the twenty hens clucked and cackled with wrath and fear at such a dreadful prank.
Then a cock crowed, Cock-a- doodle-doo! The story is all told, Cock-a-doodle-doo! 159 The Ditmarsch Tale of Wonders I will tell you something.
Richie, starting back, attempted to rise, but was held down by Lowestoffe, while Sir Mungo, guiding the royal weapon, the honour-bestowing blow was given and received: "Surge, carnifex Rise up, Sir Richard Moniplies, of Castle-Collop! -And, my lords and lieges, let us all to our dinner, for the cock-a- leekie is cooling."
"I will have neither hand nor foot in the matter," said the cautious Clerk of the Kitchen; "but there is his Majesty's mess of cock-a- leekie just going to be served to him in his closet I cannot prevent you from putting the letter between the gilt bowl and the platter; his sacred Majesty will see it when he lifts the bowl, for he aye drinks out the broth."
"Oh, you mustn't do that!" cried Aunt Millie, as she ran after the small boy and the dragging rooster. "Cock-a doodle-do!" crowed the rooster, or, rather, it tried to crow that way, but it would get only about half of it out and then Trouble would pull the rope tight about the fowl's neck and the crow would be shut off suddenly.
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