Well then use a stone instead; take one and hammer with it.

EUELPIDES
Good idea! Ho there, within! Slave! slave!

PISTHETAERUS
What's that, friend! You say, "slave," to summon Epops! It would
be much better to shout, "Epops, Epops!"

EUELPIDES
Well then, Epops! Must I knock again? Epops!

TROCHILUS
Who's there? Who calls my master?

PISTHETAERUS
Apollo the Deliverer! what an enormous beak![1]

f[1] The actors wore masks made to resemble the birds they were supposed
to represent.

TROCHILUS
Good god! they are bird-catchers.

EUELPIDES
The mere sight of him petrifies me with terror. What a horrible monster.

TROCHILUS
Woe to you!