lping him._] Gu?

THE CHICK
Gu--

THE PIGEON
Is it true--?

THE CHICK
[_Jumping for joy at having found._] Gula!

THE PIGEON
--true that, as report says, he has a secret for his amazing singing, a
secret whereby his crow becomes the brilliant burst of red which makes
the poppies of the field feel themselves contemptible imitations?

THE WHITE HEN
[_Weary of this questioning._] Perfectly true.

THE PIGEON
That secret, that great secret, is it known to anyone?

THE WHITE HEN
No.

THE PIGEON
He has not even told his Hen?

THE WHITE HEN
[_Correcting him._] His Hens.

THE PIGEON
[_Slightly shocked._] Ah, he has more than one?

THE BLACKBIRD
He crows, remember, you only coo.

THE PIGEON
Well, then, he has not even told his favourite?

THE TUFTED HEN
[_Promptly._] No, he has not!

THE WHITE HEN
[_As promptly._] No, he has not!

THE BLACK HEN
[_As promptly._] No, he has not!

THE BLACKBIRD
[_Thrusting out his head._] Hush!--An a