] My dear, now we shall see something worth while!
THE MAGPIE
Japanese Cocks--Cock Splendens!
THE GUINEA-HEN
[_At sight of this_ COCK _whose tail is eight yards long._] Oh!--In a
swallow tail!
THE MAGPIE
Clump-backed--
THE BLACKBIRD
[_Perceiving that this_ COCK _is absolutely flat at the back._] In a
monkey-jacket!
THE MAGPIE
[_Finishing._]--or Tailless Cock!
THE GUINEA-HEN
[_Beside herself._] He has nothing whatever behind! This is the crowning
moment of my career! [_To the newcomer, effusively._] Charmed! No
tail! This is--
THE BLACKBIRD
I like his cheek!
THE MAGPIE
[_While more and more heterogeneous_ COCKS _appear._] Cock Walikikili,
called Choki-kukullo! Pseudo-Chinese Cuculicolor!
THE GUINEA-HEN
What a choice gathering!
THE PEACOCK
Kaleidoscopically cosmopolitan.
THE MAGPIE
Blue Java! White Java!
THE BLACKBIRD
[_Losing all shame._] Won't Java cup o' coffee?
THE GUINEA-HEN
[_Falling upon the_ JAVA COCKS.] Charmed, charmed!
THE MAGPIE
Brahma Cock! Cochin Cock!
THE PEACOCK
[_Proudly._] The great vicious Cocks, representatives of the corrupt
East, the putrescent Orient!
THE GUINEA-HEN
[_Intoxicated._] Putrescent!
THE PEACOCK
Unwholesome, morbid grace!
THE GUINEA-HEN
[_To the_ COCHIN COCK.] Charmed! Charmed!--Do notice his obscene eye!
THE MAGPIE
[_Announcing wildly, infected with the general delirium._] Chili Cock,
curled hindside fore! Antwerp Cock, curled inside out!
ALL THE HENS
[_Fighting for the newcomers.
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