The Blackbird
Easy as possible to make! You take a W and set it on top of a Y!
A Hen
[Delighted.] A flourish of his bill, and there you have your caricature!
The Turkey
He does better than execute caricatures! Hen, our Blackbird forces you to think while obliging you to laugh. He is a Teacher in wit’s clothing.
A Chick
[To a Hen.] Mother, why does the Cat hate the Dog?
The Blackbird
Because he appropriates his seat at the theatre.
The Chick
[Surprised.] They have a theatre?
The Blackbird
Where dumb-shows are given.
The Chick
Eh?
The Blackbird
The hearthstone from whence both alike wish to watch the play of the Fire among the Logs.
The Turkey
[Delighted.] How aptly he conveys that the hatred of peoples is at bottom a question of wanting the other’s territory. There’s a brain for you!