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"The Birds and the Trees"
(part 7)
Written and colored by Jason Franks
Written and Illustrated by J. Marc Schimdt
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"The birds. You did that."
"Humphrey Rogerson did that. Red elderberries are poisonous to birds." |
"It gives birds diarrhea, it doesn’t kill them."
"Poison is poison." |
"You think you’re impressing me, Beatrice. I can tell." |
"I don’t need to impress you, Jillian. I have your measure.
"You’re good at making people do things. " |
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"People listen to my sister Sally, too: she’s so young and pretty.
And to my sister Eleanor: even adults listen to their mothers.
"But you are old, and nobody listens to old people unless they’re very special." |
"You are powerful, to make people listen to you, Jillian Laveaux... " | "But me? When I speak, the birds and the beasts, the trees and the rivers listen. When I speak, the traffic and the smog... the power lines and the roads... all prick up their ears." | "Perhaps you can stand against my sisters, Jillian, but you cannot stand against me, and you certainly cannot stand against the three of us together." | ||||||||||
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