FOUR-AND-TWENTY BLACKBIRDS
!Do you know how the blackbirds in the old nursery rhyme got into the pie that was set before the King? I’ll tell you.
The King had a little son who set traps for the birds, baiting them with rye. One day he caught 24, and thought what fun it would be to roast them whole in a pie. He stole some dough from the cook, put the birds in a dish and covered them over with the pastry. He was just going to pop the dish into the oven when the Queen came along and explained how cruel he was going to be. “’\ye’ll play the joke on daddy just the same,” she said, “but we won’t roast the poor birds.” Then she made a hole in the pastry so that they could breathe. It turned out quiie a good joke, as you know, and afterwards the Queen gave the Prince sixpence to free the birds —though ho didn’t deserve itl
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 660, 11 May 1929, Page 31
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164FOUR-AND-TWENTY BLACKBIRDS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 660, 11 May 1929, Page 31
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