A Long Undressing

We do, we do, all there is to do, said the Eagle, the Lark, and the others: We eat and sleep and move about and watch what’s going on. We mate and nest and sit and hatch and watch the young get on. We hunt and preen and sing and wash, we take long journeys and local jaunts or simply sit about and scratch and watch what’s going on. But that’s quite pointless! said the Birdcage Man, You’ll never get anywhere that way.