I've killed loons too," David confessed, "but I'll never shoot at a loon again.

'Tis the same with gulls and other things we never uses when we kills, and just shoot at for fun." "That's the idea," said Doctor Joe enthusiastically.

"Now what do you think about killing hen partridges in summer ?" "We can kill pa'tridges, can't we ?" asked David.

"We always eats un, and you said we could kill un." "But we've got to use our heads about it," Doctor Joe explained.

"I'm talking now about _hen_ partridges in _summer_.