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never accompany them on any of these 

 expeditions. 



" My wings and tail feathers are too 

 valuable to be pulled out by hailstones 

 from the Thunder Stick," he would say, 

 when rallied about his fear of the farmer. 

 " You gentlemen may all go, but don't 

 blame me if you do not come back.'* 



