"I never swear, but I'm sure you want to get away, don't you?"
"Yes, of course."
"Well, you want to take your life with you, don't you?"
"Yes."
"There you are, then; if your life is taken away it won't be here, and if it is not here you won't be here, and if you are not here you will be away," and Turkey Egg laughed heartily at his joke.
"You are the most heartless egg I ever knew," said Billy, in despair.
"Sh-h-h-h-h! now you've hit the truth," said Turkey Egg, confidentially; "years ago, when they thought I was going to turn out bad, they blew my heart out."
"Isn't he handsome," simpered little Miss Easter Egg, coloring up.
Billy pretended not to hear this, but it did his heart good to know that he had one friend in the city.
In the meantime Blue Hen's Chicken and the Official Candler, who was called Egg Judge, had been discussing what should be done with Billy.