Florida Trails
Chapter IV: “Birds of a Morning”
by Winthrop Packard
The narrator goes on a early-morning bird expedition.
The narrator goes on a early-morning bird expedition.
Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly?
Love hath the wings of the butterfly,
Where art thou Muse that thou forget’st so long
Little Bear suggests that the three bears go out for a morning walk before breakfast. While walking, they find a campsite and try the food left in the pot. They discover a new love for prunes and sing a cheerful song about it.
Mrs. Sowerby visits the garden. Everyone notices how much Colin looks like his mother. Mary and Colin embrace Mrs. Sowerby and wish that she were their mothers.
Sylvie plays the piano.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
"Slow de night ’s a–fallin’,"
A reflection on one who is gone.
The author gives the reader several random logic puzzles to decipher.
Night is for sorrow and dawn is for joy,
Dobbin assists Amelia and George.
The narrator travels to New York City and describes ragtime music.
"October is the treasurer of the year,"
"Poor withered rose, she gave it me,"
THY various works, imperial queen, we see,
The speaker talks of her homesickness.
Newland ponders his upcoming marriage to May. Newland hopes that he can help the Countess be accepted in high society.
A rhyme that serves to tell children to behave through the song of a bird.
The people are not impressed by Gringoire's new work. The Cardinal finally makes his appearance.
Lady Muriel and the Earl discuss the weight of tea.
A witch plots against her stepdaughter.
The king, angered Polynesia's deception, pursues Doctor Dolittle as he rushes towards the Land of the Monkeys. Chee-Chee uses his knowledge of the island to ensure the Doctor's safety. Doctor Dolittle witnesses the famous "Bridge of Apes".
The narrator reflects on his past and experiemce being a “white man.”