The pigeons and the hens are gobbling them up with all their might and main, papa!
All the time she was gobbling up distance, steadily descending.
And I'm sitting here, gobbling and gabbling, when my darling!
So is concern over man's lemminglike multiplication in numbers and the way his technology and his expansionism are gobbling up things quiet and graceful and eternal--things he needs.
Another fit of choking closed his throat, and again he soaked it open with his chilled toddy, rattling the stick to stir it well ere he drained it at a single, gobbling gulp.
But at last Sir Lupus got his spoon into the mess and a portion of the mess into his mouth, and fell to gobbling and growling, paying me no further attention.
Where the herring-fishers are at work, there the skua is sure to be, gobbling as much as it can find for itself, and chasing all the other birds to make them drop their shares.
I must do her justice, however, upon the suspicion of poison, which she quite disposed of by gobbling up, to her own share, everything which the basket contained.
See--they have settled on the long grass by the fence and are gobbling seeds like everything," continued Rap in a whisper.
Why, they are pulling off the thistle-down, and gobbling it up.
But the trout did not; for out they rushed from among the stones, and began gobbling the beetles and leeches in the most greedy and quarrelsome way.
But the trout were so busygobbling worms that they never turned to answer him; so that Tom was spared the pain of bidding them farewell.
The Indians did not seem to think this extraordinary in the least, but went ahead gobbling the fish with much relish the way it was, raw.
So the petrels called to the mollys: but they were so busy and greedy, gobbling and pecking and spluttering and fighting over the blubber, that they did not take the least notice.
The loud gobbling of the harassed birds had told her of our wicked pranks.
Flocks of Turkeys were not rare, roaming at their own sweet will and gobbling up the Locusts around the farms.
I would listen to see if I could hear the gobbling of the wild turkeys.
The bear had been gobbling less and listening more--did he mean to bolt?
So I waited with what patience I could muster, which was very little, and listened to the gobbling beneath me, and longed for daylight.
The bear appeared to be listening also; there was gobbling and a pause; more gobbling and another pause--oh!
I listened: undoubtedly the bear was here and busy over his meal; there was a gobbling and grunting, and the noise of greedy satisfaction.
What does mankind trouble about the grave offence of the sepulchre in seizing and gobbling up annually these great and small tithes?
I hope the padrecito will lay a spell on him to stop his gobbling from morning till night.
Last of all the turkey opened his eyes and flapped heavily to the ground, gobbling all the way.
One morning, at breakfast, when he was about gobbling the last mouthful, his aunt informed him, that during the night a pair of babies had been added to the family, already consisting of three beside Jemmy.
The turkey had developed a convenient habit of gobbling under the window whenever emotion forced the Colonel to seek a vent in stern commands.
A terrific gobbling arose beneath the dining-room window, and the Major rose and stared out in astonishment.
Three old turkeys were gobbling in different directions, along a creek in a swamp, which was about half a mile wide, with fields on each side.
This caused the one gobbling in front of me to become suspicious.
If you are not yet an expert at calling, best make as few calls as possible; for he will surely reply by either gobbling or strutting, or both.
The gobbling is produced at very irregular intervals, sometimes with long, silent spaces between, at others in rapid succession.
Every turkey, whether born in Florida or Mexico, does the same, and at the same period of the year, because his gobbling and strutting is to let the hens know where he is, and if he keeps it up every hen in hearing will come to him.
Let the gobbler do the gobbling and strutting, and you do nothing but keep your eye on your rifle sights and watch for his appearance.
When he suddenly stops gobbling and strutting look sharp and keep your gun leveled in the direction from which he is expected, but by no means have your gun in such a position that you will have to move it after the turkey is in sight.
This bird might have reached thirty or thirty-three pounds had he been fat, but it was late in the gobbling season, when the winter fat is run off by constant love affairs, leaving them greatly reduced in weight.
If he sees no hen or hears no sound resembling that which he desires, he begins to calmly walk toward his feeding grounds, gobbling at long intervals; he then usually stops for the day.
After a while one of the boys remarked that he heard a hen yelping near the gobbler, and then all gobbling ceased, and the boys remarked he had gone off with the hen.
If the gobbler is still gobbling after you have seated yourself, sit quietly until he flies down; that is best.
By this time the turkeys had all flown down, several gobbling in as many directions.
So the petrels called to the mollys; but they were so busy and greedy, gobbling and packing and spluttering and fighting over the blubber, that they did not take the least notice.
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