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In the opening scene of The Birds, friends Pithetareus and Eulepides are searching for the home of Epops, the king of the birds. To help them in their quest, they have each purchased a bird to guide them: the happy-go-lucky Eulepides has a jay, and the moody Pithetareus has a crow. Their birds lead them to a thicket in a desolate part of the countryside, and Epops' servant, a bird named Trochilus, comes out and demands to know their business. In a humorous exchange, the terrified Athenians
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EUELPIDESÂ (to his jay) Do you think I should walk straight for
yon tree?
PITHETAERUSÂ (to his crow) Cursed beast, what are you croaking to
me?...to retrace my steps?
EUELPIDES Why, you wretch, we are wandering at random, we are exerting
ourselves only to return to the same spot; we're wasting our time.
PITHETAERUS To think that I should trust to this crow, which
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