“Cock-a-doodle-do-oo! Get out of here, oh, do!” shrieked the Rooster.
“Quack, Quack!” said the Ducks. “Alack, Alack!”
“Hiss-ss! Hiss-ss! What’s amiss-ss?” hissed the Geese.
But the big Pussy Cat caught them all, scratched out their feathers, and soon made an end of them. Then she climbed back into the Blackbird’s ear, and they all went to sleep.
The next morning, the King said to his servants, “Go and find the body of that insolent bird and give all of my poultry an extra measure of corn.”
But when they entered the chicken-yard, there was General Blackbird strutting about among all the dead fowls.
“Ha, ha, ha!” roared the King.... “What do you wish with me, bold General Blackbird?”
The King was very angry when he heard about this, and he said, “Tonight, you must shut that insolent bird in the stable among my prancing steeds. They will soon kick the life out of him.”