I saw to it that he had enough ter eat an' a dish o' water handy.

An' if he didn't flop an' pull an' try ter get away he needn't 'a' hurt hisself never.

I ain't ter blame for what pullin' he done." "But wouldn't you pull if you had two big wings that could carry you to the top of that big tree there, and away up, up in the sky, where you could talk to the stars ?--wouldn't you pull if somebody a hundred times bigger'n you came along and tied your leg to that post there ?" The man, Perry, flushed an angry red.
"See here, sonny, I wa'n't askin' you ter do no preachin'.

What I did ain't no more'n any man 'round here does--if he's smart enough ter catch one.

Rigged-up broomsticks ain't in it with a live bird when it comes ter drivin' away them pesky, thievin' crows.