Doodles
The Sunshine Boy (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Doodles: The Sunshine Boy<br><br>Fragments of the auctioneer's entreaties floated through the open doorway of the bird shop and, above the rattle and roar of the street, clacked in Blue's ears.<br><br>"Ladies and gentlemens . . . beautiful lark . . . emperor of singers . . . not swell to look at, but . . . Only twenty cents! - Twenty-two am I offered . . . shame, ladies and gentlemens!" And so on, in tones of pleading and mild complaint.<br><br>Blue, meanwhile, studied the placarded window, where all manner of feathered stock, "slightly damaged, but every bird a bargain," was announced to be sold to the highest bidder.<br><br>"Lovely starling . . . ladies and gentlemens, . . . how much" the persuasive voice skipped on, but was rudely interrupted by another.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.