father-owl

Updated: May 11, 2025

I heard it with my own ears, and one must hear much before one's ears fall off. There is one among the fowls who has so completely forgotten what is becoming conduct in a hen that she pulls out all her feathers, while the cock sits looking at her." "Prenez garde aux enfants," said the Father-Owl. "That's not a story for the children to hear."

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