Children -- Juvenile fiction; Children's stories; Fantasy fiction
This was all very interesting, and Patsy Ann would have loved to spend
the entire day among these strange creatures, but she knew she must
hurry back to her nurse. The parrot said he would send her back by the
Flivver Bird. He called “Taxi! Taxi!” just as loud as he could, and
instantly there was a terrible rattle-te-banging in the air above them
and the Flivver Bird landed in front of them. He was the biggest bird
Patsy Ann had ever seen. His wings seemed to be made from pieces of old
tin roofs, which rattled when he flew, and he had a terrible cough. The
parrot helped her get onto the bird’s back, and politely invited her
to come again. They were off before she was able to thank him, and the
ride through the woods was noisy and exciting. When they reached the
road she slid off the bird’s back and ran into her nurse’s outstretched
arms, pouring out the story of her wonderful visit to Birdland.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_.
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.
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