There was a long silence; the cuckoo called the quarter twice; August dropped asleep, his curls falling over his face; Dorothea's wheel hummed like a cat. "The Nürnberg Stove" by Louisa de la Ramé (AKA Ouida)

" I saved the cuckoo clock and that set of Swiss bears," said Wally. "Back To Billabong" by Mary Grant Bruce

The cuckoos sing " cuckoo," and those children in the circle answer; and when the words of the song indicate that the cuckoos should join the children, all four burst into the circle, and those who are found at their right hands become cuckoos the next time. "Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy." by Elizabeth P. Peabody Mary Mann