Using all his skill, the huntsman snuck up on the bird and managed to seize it by the claws, but soon the startled creature left a huge odious blob of excrement on the hunter's shoulder.
"Wilt thou be silent, thou odious toad," said he, "or I will shoot thee dead.
I wished a round score of men--in case of natives, buccaneers, or the odious French--and I had the worry of the deuce itself to find so much as half a dozen, till the most remarkable stroke of fortune brought me the very man that I required.
How odious you are.
Will you be silent, you odious toad, said he, or I will shoot you dead.
" "Ah," said the bridegroom, "how comest thou by these odious friends?
"Now, will you be quiet, odious frog," said she.
