"I have taken such a fancy to thee," said the Hawk genially to the Field-Mouse, "that I am going to put thee into a really good thing."
And he opened his beak.
There are persons who have no sense of the fitness of things.
Like the Grasshopper, who insisted on putting the Snail up for the Skipping Club.
The Cat scratched the Dog's nose out of sheer playfulness—but she had no time to explain.
"After all, it is pleasant to be at home again!" said the Eagle's feathers on the shaft that pierced him.
But the Eagle's reply is not recorded.