Good·bye.A Woodland Episode.PERSONS OF THE DRAMA:Miss Bird, andMrs. Chipmunk.Scene: The woods.Time: Last November.Miss Bird.—Why, Mrs. Chipmunk! how do you do?Mrs. Chipmunk.— I’m quite well, thanks, Miss Bird; and you?Miss B.—I’m sorry to say my health is poor,So my doctor has ordered a southern tour.Couldn’tyou manage to come along?It would do you good—Mrs. C.— Yes, I’m far from strong,And it’s just what I’d most like to doIf I’d only a pair of wings—Miss B.— Pooh! Pooh!There are trains for people who cannot fly.Mrs. C.—Yes, but the fares are so dreadfully high!So really I mustn’t think of that—Miss B.—If only you’d wings like your cousin Bat.Mrs. C.—If only!but then I haven’t, you see.Besides, I’ve rented a hole in a tree,On the first-floor branch just four trees westOf the oak where you built your last year’s nest.Miss B.—A charming neighborhood! just the thingFor a winter home—Mrs. C.— Well, I hope, next spring,When you’re here again, you will try to call.Miss B.—You are very kind—Mrs. C.— Oh, not at all!Miss B.—Good-by, Mrs. Chipmunk.Mrs. C.— Oh,mustyou fly?Then, a pleasant journey!Miss B.— Good-by!Mrs. C.—Good-by!
PERSONS OF THE DRAMA:Miss Bird, andMrs. Chipmunk.
Scene: The woods.Time: Last November.
Miss Bird.—Why, Mrs. Chipmunk! how do you do?Mrs. Chipmunk.— I’m quite well, thanks, Miss Bird; and you?Miss B.—I’m sorry to say my health is poor,So my doctor has ordered a southern tour.Couldn’tyou manage to come along?It would do you good—Mrs. C.— Yes, I’m far from strong,And it’s just what I’d most like to doIf I’d only a pair of wings—Miss B.— Pooh! Pooh!There are trains for people who cannot fly.Mrs. C.—Yes, but the fares are so dreadfully high!So really I mustn’t think of that—Miss B.—If only you’d wings like your cousin Bat.Mrs. C.—If only!but then I haven’t, you see.Besides, I’ve rented a hole in a tree,On the first-floor branch just four trees westOf the oak where you built your last year’s nest.
Miss Bird.—Why, Mrs. Chipmunk! how do you do?
Mrs. Chipmunk.— I’m quite well, thanks, Miss Bird; and you?
Miss B.—I’m sorry to say my health is poor,So my doctor has ordered a southern tour.Couldn’tyou manage to come along?It would do you good—
Mrs. C.— Yes, I’m far from strong,And it’s just what I’d most like to doIf I’d only a pair of wings—
Miss B.— Pooh! Pooh!There are trains for people who cannot fly.
Mrs. C.—Yes, but the fares are so dreadfully high!So really I mustn’t think of that—
Miss B.—If only you’d wings like your cousin Bat.
Mrs. C.—If only!but then I haven’t, you see.Besides, I’ve rented a hole in a tree,On the first-floor branch just four trees westOf the oak where you built your last year’s nest.
Miss B.—A charming neighborhood! just the thingFor a winter home—Mrs. C.— Well, I hope, next spring,When you’re here again, you will try to call.Miss B.—You are very kind—Mrs. C.— Oh, not at all!Miss B.—Good-by, Mrs. Chipmunk.Mrs. C.— Oh,mustyou fly?Then, a pleasant journey!Miss B.— Good-by!Mrs. C.—Good-by!
Miss B.—A charming neighborhood! just the thingFor a winter home—
Mrs. C.— Well, I hope, next spring,When you’re here again, you will try to call.
Miss B.—You are very kind—
Mrs. C.— Oh, not at all!
Miss B.—Good-by, Mrs. Chipmunk.
Mrs. C.— Oh,mustyou fly?Then, a pleasant journey!
Miss B.— Good-by!
Mrs. C.—Good-by!