"Who on earth will rebuild the market square?" muttered the Young Stork, gently closing up with his nail some little holes which he had discovered in the back of the Despoiler.
The Healer had finished his Mending
"Well, in the first place, who is going to draw the plans?" asked the Despoiler.
"We don't need any plans," answered Papylick.
"They will draw the plans after they have put up the building," remarked the Crow in a low voice to Smaly, whom he had discovered under the Healer's cloak.
"If they have any plans they can quite well build up all the tarts and puddings in the square again."
"The plans have all been burnt," announced the Chief Contractor.
"But in the first place no one knows whether the plans or the buildings were made first," objected the Crow.