The Owl
Thanks! But how is it that you are with us?
The Cat
Ah, night brings out what daylight will not own to! I do not like the Cock because the Dog does.—There you have it!
The Turkey
I do not like him, for the reason that having known him as a Chick I cannot admit him as a Cock!
A Duck
I do not like the Cock because, not being web-footed, he marks his passage by a track of stars!
A Chicken
I do not like the Cock because I m such a homely bird!
Another Chicken
I do not like the Cock because he has his picture painted in purple on all the plates!
Another Chicken
I do not like the Cock because on all the steeples he has his statue in gilt-bronze!
An Owl
[To a big overgrown Chicken.] Well, well!—And you, Capon?
The Capon
[Dryly.] I do not like the Cock!
The Cuckoo
[Beginning to strike eight inside the house.] Cuckoo!