But the little ones do n't care a bit . I like to eat ducks with stuffing in them and lots of apple-sauce . '' `` I have something to say about owls , '' began Nat , who had carefully prepared a paper upon this subject with some help from Dan . `` Owls have big heads , round eyes , hooked bills , and strong claws . Some are gray , some white , some black and yellowish . Their feathers are very soft , and stick out a great deal . They fly very quietly , and hunt bats , mice , little birds , and such things . They build nests in barns , hollow trees , and some take the nests of other birds . The great horned owl has two eggs bigger than a hen 's and reddish brown . The tawny owl has five eggs , white and smooth ; and this is the kind that hoots at night . Another kind sounds like a child crying . They eat mice and bats whole , and the parts that they can not digest they make into little balls and spit out . '' `` My gracious ! how funny ! '' Nan was heard to observe . `` They can not see by day ; and if they get out into the light , they go flapping round half blind , and the other birds chase and peck at them , as if they were making fun . The horned owl is very big , ` most as big as the eagle . It eats rabbits , rats , snakes , and birds ; and lives in rocks and old tumble-down houses . They have a good many cries , and scream like a person being choked , and say , ` Waugh O ! waugh O ! '
and it scares people at XXXXX in the woods .
Dan Nan Nat apple-sauce child choked day feathers night waugh