`` And , as sure as I 'm a half-starved vagabond , I smell roast meat in it . '' `` Pig , roast pig ! '' said another . `` Ah , the dainty little porker . My mouth waters for him . '' `` Let us make haste , '' cried the others , `` or we shall be too late for the good cheer ! '' But scarcely had they made half a dozen steps from the edge of the cliff , when a bird came fluttering to meet them . It was the same pretty little bird , with the purple wings and body , the yellow legs , the golden collar round its neck , and the crown-like tuft upon its head , whose behavior had so much surprised Ulysses . It hovered about Eurylochus , and almost brushed his face with its wings . `` Peep , peep , pe -- weep ! '' chirped the bird . So plaintively intelligent was the sound , that it seemed as if the little creature were going to break its heart with some mighty secret that it had to tell , and only this one poor note to tell it with . `` My pretty bird , '' said Eurylochus -- for he was a wary person , and let no token of harm escape his notice -- `` my pretty bird , who sent you hither ? And what is the message which you bring ? '' `` Peep , peep , pe -- weep ! '' replied the bird , very sorrowfully . Then it flew towards the edge of the cliff , and looked around at them , as if exceedingly anxious that they should return whence they came . Eurylochus and a few of the others were inclined to turn back . They could not help suspecting that the purple bird must be aware of something mischievous that would befall them at the palace , and the knowledge of which affected its airy spirit with a human sympathy and sorrow . But the rest of the voyagers , snuffing up the smoke from the palace kitchen , ridiculed the idea of returning to the vessel .
One XXXXX them -LRB- more brutal than his fellows , and the most notorious gormandizer in the crew -RRB- said such a cruel and wicked thing , that I wonder the mere thought did not turn him into a wild beast , in shape , as he already was in his nature .
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