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But the owl never could find out whether these fables were wicked fibs, or fairy tales, or only street talk. BUT THE OWL NEVER COULD FIND OUT WHETHER THESE FABLES WERE WICKED FIBS OR FAIRY TALES OR ONLY STREET TALK
uries, though she had such short ears, kept them open by day and during the night, also, for all the gossip that floated in the air. She knew all about everybody and everything. From what she had heard, she expected to find the new King, Henry VIII, a royal fellow in velvet, with a crown on his head, and his body as big and round as a hogshead, sitting in a room full of chopping blocks and battle axes. Further, she fancied she would find a dozen pretty women locked up in his palace, some in the cellar, others in the pantry, and more in the garret; but all waiting to have their heads chopped off. For the popular story ran that his chief amusement was to marry a wife one day and slice off her head the next. It was said also that the King kept a private graveyard, and took a walk in it every afternoon to study the epitaphs, which he kept a scholar busy in writing; and also a man, from the marble yard near by, to chisel them on the tombs, after his various wives had been properly beheaded. ADY OWL GRAY WITH SENTRIES THOUGH SHE HAD SUCH SHORT EARS KEPT THEM OPEN BY DAY AND DURING THE NIGHT ALSO FOR ALL THE GOSSIP THAT FLOATED IN THE AIR SHE KNEW ALL ABOUT EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING FROM WHAT SHE HAD HEARD SHE EXPECTED TO FIND THE NEW KING HENRY THE EIGHTH A ROYAL FELLOW IN VELVET WITH A CROWN ON HIS HEAD AND HIS BODY AS BIG AND ROUND AS A HOGSHEAD SITTING IN A ROOM FULL OF CHOPPING BLOCKS AND BATTLE AXES FURTHER SHE FANCIED SHE WOULD FIND A DOZEN PRETTY WOMEN LOCKED UP IN HIS PALACE SOME IN THE CELLAR OTHERS IN THE PANTRY AND MORE IN THE GARRET BUT ALL WAITING TO HAVE THEIR HEADS CHOPPED OFF FOR THE POPULAR STORY RAN THAT HIS CHIEF AMUSEMENT WAS TO MARRY A WIFE ONE DAY AND SLICE OFF HER HEAD THE NEXT IT WAS ALSO SAID THAT THE KING KEPT A PRIVATE GRAVEYARD AND TOOK A WALK IN IT EVERY AFTERNOON TO STUDY THE EPITHETS WHICH HE KEPT A SCHOLAR BUSY IN WRITING AND ALSO A MAN FROM THE MARBLE YARD NEAR BY TO CHISEL THEM ON THE TOMBS AFTER HIS VARIOUS WIVES HAD BEEN PROPERLY BEHEADED
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