` If only these oranges were real fruit -- fruit as refreshing as what I ate in Flanders ! And , after all , who knows ? ' This idea put some life into him . He had the strength to lift himself up and put his hand into his bag . He drew out an orange and opened it with his knife . Out of it flew the prettiest little female canary that ever was seen . ` Give me something to drink , I am dying of thirst , ' said the golden bird . ` Wait a minute , ' replied Desire , so much astonished that he forgot his own sufferings ; and to satisfy the bird he took a second orange , and opened it without thinking what he was doing . Out of it flew another canary , and she too began to cry : ' I am dying of thirst ; give me something to drink . ' Then Tubby 's son saw his folly , and while the two canaries flew away he sank on the ground , where , exhausted by his last effort , he lay unconscious . VII When he came to himself , he had a pleasant feeling of freshness all about him . It was night , the sky was sparkling with stars , and the earth was covered with a heavy dew . The traveller having recovered , mounted his horse , and at the first streak of dawn he saw a stream dancing in front of him , and stooped down and drank his fill . He hardly had courage to open his last orange . Then he remembered that the night before he had disobeyed the orders of the old man . Perhaps his terrible thirst was a trick of the cunning witch , and suppose , even though he opened the orange on the banks of the stream , that he did not find in it the princess that he sought ? He took his knife and cut it open . Alas ! out of it flew a little canary , just like the others , who cried : ' I am thirsty ; give me something to drink . ' Great was the disappointment of Desire .
However , he was determined not to let this bird fly away ; so he XXXXX up some water in the palm of his hand and held it to its beak .
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