Good·bye.
A Woodland Episode.
PERSONS OF THE DRAMA: Miss Bird, and Mrs. Chipmunk.
Scene: The woods. Time: Last November.
Miss Bird.—Why, Mrs. Chipmunk! how do you do?
Mrs. Chipmunk.— I’m quite well, thanks, Miss Bird; and you?
Miss B.—I’m sorry to say my health is poor,
So my doctor has ordered a southern tour.
Couldn’t you manage to come along?
It would do you good—
Mrs. C.— Yes, I’m far from strong,
And it’s just what I’d most like to do
If I’d only a pair of wings—
Miss B.— Pooh! Pooh!
There are trains for people who cannot fly.
Mrs. C.—Yes, but the fares are so dreadfully high!
So really I mustn’t think of that—