The Turkey
[Importantly.] I have known him from a baby. This chick—for to me he is still a chick!—used to come to me for his bugle lesson.
The Pigeon
Ah, indeed? You give lessons in—
The Turkey
Certainly. A bird who can gobble is qualified to teach crowing.
The Pigeon
Where was he born?
The Turkey
[Indicating an old covered basket, badly battered and broken.] In that old basket.
The Pigeon
And is the hen who brooded him still living?
The Turkey
[Again indicating the basket.] She is there.
The Pigeon
Where?
The Turkey
In that old basket.
The Pigeon
[More and more interested.] Of what breed is she?