AUTUMN AMONG THE BIRDS

[Enter a little Snipe, crying]:

Peet-weet! Peet-weet! I’ve such cold feet, And nothing to eat! The creek is so high That I can’t keep dry Except when I fly! Peet-weet!

[A Kildeer]:

Kildee! Kildee! Kildee! This is no place for me! The southland I must seek—— Kildee!

[A Bobolink]:

Link-a-link! Link-a-link! My diet has made me weak; The fields of rice must be so nice.

[To the Kildeer]:

I’ll go with you, I think—— Link-a-link!