opening their beaks and staring at us.

PISTHETAERUS
Why, so they are.

CHORUS
Popopopopopopopoi. Where is he who called me? Where am I to find him?

EPOPS
I have been waiting for you this long while! I never fail in my
word to my friends.

CHORUS
Titititititititi. What good thing have you to tell me?

EPOPS
Something that concerns our common safety, and that is just as
pleasant as it is to the purpose. Two men, who are subtle reasoners,
have come here to seek me.

CHORUS
Where? What? What are you saying?

EPOPS
I say, two old men have come from the abode of men to propose a
vast and splendid scheme to us.

CHORUS
Oh! 'tis a horrible, unheard-of crime! What are you saying?