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bird hunting his wife 

 and giving her a ped 

 simply because he wis' 

 and lay an egg. The 

 not proceed to violen 

 similar circumstances, 

 and wags his head at 

 into the second-hand 

 selected. Other birds 

 finement a cock canai 

 in his wife's head and 

 impatience. 



ound and round, in and out, 

 whenever he catches her up, 

 es her to go back to the nest 

 ild sheldrake, though he does 

 e, gives his wife no peace in 

 ibr he stands in front of her 

 r until she consents to retire 

 bbit-burrow which they have 

 .ve other ways ; and in con- 

 will sometimes peck a hole 

 kill her out of sheer domestic 



