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However dinner is over, and we all adjourned to the lowest cavern while the servants eat theirs. Then we sing songs and tell stories. Felix. "Cousin Schillie, you promised to tell us the story of the jack-daws if we behaved well and obeyed our general." Schillie. "Pooh! pooh! you have heard it a hundred times, boy." Felix. "But the captain has not." "I should like to hear it very much," said he.
From many a towering pinnacle, carved by the ages into fantastic imageries of a castle, a pulpit, a lion, or a lance, came the loud, clear calling of innumerable jack-daws. It was dark and gloomy, most terrifying to Mrs. Devar, down there on the twining road where the car boomed ever on like some relentless monster rushing from its lair.
Now you must know the old jack-daws, being very knowing, had built their nest so that it was outside the tower, just out of their reach, and there they could see almost within grasp seven little jack-daws, all with their mouths wide open, waiting for their father to pop in a delicious fat worm!
Heads were thrust out of windows more than usual, a woman ran out and called some children indoors, a knight rode down the street, and then more pikemen appeared along the walls, and all the jack-daws were in the air. In the street no troubadour sang. Mr. Sladden took one look along the towers to see that the flags were flying, and all the golden dragons were streaming in the wind.
"Tell me about Sandie this minute did he remember the raiding of the jack-daws?" "He did," cried the General, in great spirits; "he just looked at me for an instant no one knew of my visit and then he gripped my hands, and do you know, Kit, he was . . . well, and there was a lump in my throat too; it would be about thirty years, for one reason and another, since we met."
So one day these two boys sat in the church-yard, and watched the jack-daws as they flew hither and thither and everywhere. Well! so they agreed they would climb up the old church tower, and get the young ones, which accordingly they did.
To Nonius, encouraging them after a defeat to be of good hope, because there were seven eagles still left in Pompey's camp, "Good reason for encouragement," said Cicero, "if we were going to fight with jack-daws." Labienus insisted on some prophecies to the effect that Pompey would gain the victory; "Yes," said Cicero, "and the first step in the campaign has been losing our camp."
I intend organizing an army, and making myself field-marshal thereof; and if you make good soldiers, and obey the word of command, I'll tell you the story of the little jack-daws."
Well the seven jack-daws spread their wings and fluttered, and the wind being high, it filled a great stout pinafore that he had on, so that between the two, he was borne safely to the ground, when, looking up at the window, out of which the big bully was watching his flight, he shouted out, 'Now you shall have none of them. Felix.
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