“And what, pray, is your idea of the duties of a devoted friend?” asked a
Green Linnet, who was sitting in a willow-tree hard by, and had overheard the
conversation.
“Yes, that is just what I want to know,” said the Duck; and she swam away to
the end of the pond, and stood upon her head, in order to give her children a good
example.
“What a silly question!” cried the Water-rat. “I should expect my devoted friend
to be devoted to me, of course.”
