Dolly had a few remarks to make upon the "Duck," and made them in a sing-song tone, for he had learned it by heart, and thought it a great plague to do it at all.
"Wild ducks are hard to kill; men hide and shoot at them, and have tame ducks to quack and make the wild ones come where the men can fire at them.

They have wooden ducks made too, and they sail round, and the wild ones come to see them; they are stupid, I think.

Our ducks are very tame.

They eat a great deal, and go poking round in the mud and water.
They don't take good care of their eggs, but them spoil, and--" "Mine don't!" cried Tommy.
"Well, some people's do; Silas said so.

Hens take good care of little ducks, only they don't like to have them go in the water, and make a great fuss.