'
"'It's the wonderful bird all out,' says the landlady, and with that
she went to another cask for the liquor. Then said she: 'Will you sell
that bird?'
"'I wouldn't like to do that,' says Donald. 'It's a valuable bird, and
then it's been my friend a long time, and I dunno what it would be
thinking of me if I'd sell it.'
"'Maybe I'ld make it worth your while.' said the landlady.
"'I'm a poor man,' says Donald.
"'I'll fill your hat with silver,' says the landlady, 'if you'll leave
me the bird.'
"'I couldn't refuse that,' says Donald; 'you may have the bird.'
"So she filled his hat with silver, and he left her the bird and went
on his way home.
"It wasn't long after he got home till he met Hudden and Dudden.
'Aha!' says he to them, 'you thought it was the bad turn you was doing
me, but you couldn't have done me a better. Look what I got for the
hide of my ox, that you killed on me.' And he showed them the hatful
of silver. 'You never saw such a demand for hides in your life,' says
he, 'as there is in the town this present time.
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