. Zauberlinda, the wise witch; . ZAUBERLINDA, THE WISE WITCH. 219 Ki-Yi, who remarked that he was sadto-day, as he was grieving over the lossof his brother. Said poor Ki-Yi: Weboth started out yesterday together, tocome up to the Great Meeting; but thevillainous Cowboys caught sight of us,gave chase, and shot and killed mybrother. He was my only friend, andnow that he is dead, I dont want to liveany longer. To give the conversation a morecheerful turn, a clever Mocking Birdfrom the South gave an imitation ofevery bird in the forest. He mimickedthem so well that it made every onelaugh. Finally
. Zauberlinda, the wise witch; . ZAUBERLINDA, THE WISE WITCH. 219 Ki-Yi, who remarked that he was sadto-day, as he was grieving over the lossof his brother. Said poor Ki-Yi: Weboth started out yesterday together, tocome up to the Great Meeting; but thevillainous Cowboys caught sight of us,gave chase, and shot and killed mybrother. He was my only friend, andnow that he is dead, I dont want to liveany longer. To give the conversation a morecheerful turn, a clever Mocking Birdfrom the South gave an imitation ofevery bird in the forest. He mimickedthem so well that it made every onelaugh. Finally the green Parrot offeredto sing a ballad, which she said she hadlearned irom the old Yankee Sailor. o 220 ZAUBERLINDA, THE WISE WITCH. had brought her up and trained her inthe art of public speaking, before shelived with the mistress of the YoungLadies School. No one urged Poll to sing. She paidno attention to their silence, however,but hopped up on the limb of a tree,and clinging to it with her ugly hookedclaws balanced herself, struck an attitude,and sang in a husky voice the follow-ing ballad: Once in a pretty woodland, Near a cabin way out West,In a lightnin-blasted Tamrack Tree, An Old Crow built his nest;And there did he his family, In the way that they should go,—Raise up, and all were dutiful But the oldest son, Jim Crow.
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