Quote#Nature
I hear you're such a lazy bird
Quote byJessie Saxby · 1842–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: (64 pages with 24 illustrations by ).
English (original)
I hear you're such a lazy bird, You cannot build a ; Perhaps you could, if you would try— We ought to do our best. The little bird that told me this Suspected something worse,— That you neglect your little ones, And put them out to nurse. Oh, Cuckoo! if this story's true, I think you're much to blame. Then talk no more about yourself; Go, hide yourself, for shame!
— Jessie Saxby
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