Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
FICTION
The Lady and the Bird
What's a bird to do when he can't sing and likes French toast?
March
1
1956
ROBERT FONTAINE
The Lady and the Bird
ROBERT FONTAINE
March
1
1956
View Article Pages
FICTION
The Lady and the Bird
What's a bird to do when he can't sing and likes French toast?
March
1
1956
ROBERT FONTAINE
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
Articles
Las Vegas: Barefoot Girls with Slot Machines
March
1956
By
HELEN LAWRENSON
Articles
Baltimore’s Mermaids
March
1956
By
MONROE FRY
Pictorial
Girl in the Studio
March
1956
Articles
El Morocco
March
1956
By
GEORGE FRAZIER
Fiction
I Call Myself "New Orleans"
March
1956
By
ROBERT SWITZER
Fiction
Sweetbird for Sheriff
March
1956
By
JESSE STUART
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
Articles
Las Vegas: Barefoot Girls with Slot Machines
March
1956
By
HELEN LAWRENSON
Articles
Baltimore’s Mermaids
March
1956
By
MONROE FRY
Pictorial
Girl in the Studio
March
1956
ROBERT FONTAINE
FICTION
The Loud and Vehement Prayer
JULY 1944
By
ROBERT FONTAINE
fiction
As True as I'm Standing Here
JULY, 1946
By
ROBERT FONTAINE
fiction
The Boy Who Was Hungry
MAY, 1953
By
ROBERT FONTAINE
Fiction
FICTION
What Do They Want?
SEPTEMBER 1934
By
ARCHIE BINNS
fiction
Pink Hibiscus
OCTOBER, 1949
By
ERIK HAZELHOFF
FICTION
False Lights
JANUARY 1975
By
Gail Godwin
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published