They often have hearings down in the town hall in the East Village." "You are quite right, my boy; and at this hearing of ours, as the birds are stuffed and cannot speak, I shall speak for them.

Even if they could talk, we could not understand them, unless we borrowed Tommy-Anne's magic spectacles.

Now, if you will come into the study, you will find them all ready." The children did not wait to be asked twice; Nat and Dodo rushed along the hall, followed by Rap.
In the study two tables were put together, making a sort of platform at the end of the room.

On this platform a dozen stuffed birds sat in solemn silence.

The Owls were on one side, with a row of Hawks facing them on the other.