He looked perturbed rather than grumpy this morning, but his speaking voice had an unpleasant twang, and I saw Kee stiffen up as if he would certainly decline to be at this man's beck and call.
But none of them called forth a varying expression to his grumpy face.
So, although at first some fairies grumbled and held back, and were quite sulky about it, even muttering other grumpy words, they at last all agreed, and Puck sent for the fiddler to make music for the dance.
But, oh, what tricks and mischief they do play on mean or stingy or grumpy folks with bad tempers!
Young Grumpy eyed her with curiosity for a moment, as she screamed at him with open beak and ruffled up all her feathers.
Whenever the one-eyed gander was in the yard, then Young Grumpy stayed in the garden.
It was then that Old Grumpyshowed what he was made of.
Young Grumpy looked at the big gray bird and recalled the little unpleasantness of their previous encounter.
Young Grumpy went on blustering with his muffled squeaks for perhaps a minute.
So, angry at being disturbed, and thinking he had come for the carrot, Young Grumpyran at him at once.
He never stirred or scolded even when Young Grumpy came up and squeaked quite close to his ear.
Surprised at his courage, Young Grumpy stopped short, at a distance of two or three feet from the Boy's stout shoes, sat upon his haunches with his little skinny black hands over his chest, and began to gurgle and squeak harsh threats.
Chattering with indignation, Young Grumpy set his long teeth into that intruding bill, and tried to pull it further in.
Before Young Grumpy had time even to wonder if he had been imprudent or not, the hard elbow of one of those wings caught him a blow on the ear and knocked him head over heels.
As matters stood now, Young Grumpyfelt himself quite master of the situation.
It created a most unpleasant impression, and, not knowing why he did so, Young Grumpy hurried forth from the dark wood and down into the sunlit pasture to which he was accustomed.
Young Grumpy decided that it was a poor place, the barnyard.
At sight of Young Grumpy her back went up, her tail grew big as a bottle, and she spat disapprovingly.
I wish you did not look quite so grumpy about it, but it's all those mediæval prejudices of yours.
The Grumpy Guy was feeling blue; the Grumpy Guy was glum; The Grumpy Guy with baleful eye took Misery for a chum.
And what's a Grumpy Guy to do except to go to bed?
Then the Grumpy Guy was silent as a miser hoarding pelf.
Hannah never forgot to make them, no matter how busy or grumpy she might be, for the walk was long and bleak; the poor things got no other lunch, and were seldom home before two.
I like to have you tell me my faults and be sisterly, so don't mind if I am grumpy sometimes; I thank you all the same.
One day the Grumpy Saint died, and went to Heaven, a place in which he had never believed.
Grumpy Dick, who was as obstinate as a pig going to market, was in the same mood the next morning, on which the captain ordered him to be triced up and to receive a dozen at the hands of the boatswain's mate.
He received it with a grumpy nod and said nothing.
He had become somewhat grumpy of late, even when I did not broach the disastrous topic, and made excuses for not coming down to Northlands.
He frequently reverted to the grumpy stage--yet now, looking at Edith, grumpiness vanished.
We all felt so dreadfully when Grumpy died," Nancy recalled.
King Grumpy was quite delighted to hear that his son was ill, for he thought that he would all the sooner be brought to do as he wished, and marry the Princess.
In the meantime the Prince was kept safely locked up in his tower, and, that he might be as dull as possible, King Grumpyordered that no one should speak to him, and that they should give him next to nothing to eat.
I tell you that you shall marry her,' cried King Grumpy angrily.
Sometimes I wonder if any one else were ever half so good fun; sometimes I wonder how such a grumpy thing can be a McAlister," she said, with thoughtful frankness.
It's the grumpy side that must be kept under, I suppose; but he isn't real sweet to handle under such circumstances.
For one morning he eludes the grumpy officer, and sidles out among his Italian neighbours who were permitted to land.
These are sturdy and adventurous foreigners whom the grumpyofficers jostle and hustle about.
The grumpy officer shall grumpishly enforce the decision of the Board by handing our Scribe to the Captain of the first steamer returning to Europe--if our Scribe can be found!
Are not these straggling, smelling, downcast emigrants almost as clean inwardly, and as pure, as the grumpy officers who harass and humiliate them?
He has a grumpy sort of magnanimity of his own, however, and will usually let men alone if men will let him alone.
After the first somewhat outrageous and rather unusual burst, no one spoke again, while they carried their goods down to the water's edge, except in a short grumpy way when an order or a remark was needful.
He was a rather grumpy individual, very busy with pencil and notebook over some freight; but he favoured us with his attention long enough to point with his pencil and say jerkily, "Young's?
Nellie also was in a grumpy mood, and difficult to conciliate.
She was grumpy with the little boys, impatient with Lesbia, and so unaccommodating over doing the decorations in church that Beatrice finally begged her to go home, saying she and Winnie could finish alone.
And she was afraid that her relations might find fault with her if they learned that she had invited Grumpy to enter their house.
