s you a depitation, or is you come
on your own? Is you here for all de birds or yust for one--yust for Ole
Baldy?'

"Ole Baldy fair scowl to hear Ou' Jackalse bring it out full an' ugly
like dat. But he reckon it's de dwala doin' it, an' so he'll try a bit
longer. `Well,' ses he, an' he gi'en hisse'f a look up an' down.
`Don't you tink I'd be a bit a' right in de Kingin' line myse'f? I
tinks I'd be full price an' some change over myself.'

"`You does? Ho! you does, hey?' ses Ou' Jackalse, an' he drop his nose
atween his paws an' fair root it in de groun' wid laughin'.

"You should ha' seen Ole Baldy's feders stand up. `Yes, I does,' ses
he. `An' how come not, I'd like to know?' ses he. `Anyhow, it's a-gun'
to pay you a lot better to stand in wid me an' get me King dan wid any
o' de oders. It'll pay you a lot de best,' ses he.

"Ou' Jackalse ain't got so much dwala in him but what he ketch on to dat
word `pay' a' right. `How's it gun' to pay me?' ses he.

"`Easy,' ses Baldy. `If you gets me King, den every bird dat eats
meat'll ha' to leave you de one half of it. What price me now?' ses he.
`Is dere any oder bird can offer better?'

"`Well, dat ain't bad,' ses Jackalse. `But s'posin' I bargains wid you,
den what's de plan? I s'pose you's made some sort o' plan for me to
work on?'

"`Dis,' ses Baldy. `When all de birds at de indaba axes you what dey's
to go by, den you answers an' tells 'em dat de birds is got wings yust
to lift 'em in de air. Well, an' since de birds is on'y birds so's dey
can rise in de air instead o' walkin' on de ground, den de bird dat can
do bird's work best is de best one, an' it stand to reason de best
should be King. So let 'em all fly up, an' de one dat flies de highest
is de King--dat's fair enough, ain't it?' ses he.

"`It do soun' a' right,' ses Jackalse. `An' you can ax de oder birds
weder it's fair or not if you like. Anyhow, it's a bargain so far--an'
now I's off back to de dwala,' and off he pop.

"Ole Baldy yust stop long enough to watch him out o' sight. `I's fix'
dat skellum dis time a' right,' ses he. `King o' de birds, eh! See me
when I's doin' de Kingin'. I bet I'll make 'em all fly round a bit.'
Den off he pop too.

"In de meantime Ou' Jackalse is a-headin' back for de dwala, but he
hadn't got half way 'fore up yumps little Tink Tinky. `Mawnin', Oom
Jackalse,' ses he, yust as smart as a new ticky.

"`Go 'way, you spot o' shadda!' ses Ou' Jackals