Discussion starters:
The title is invoked in the final confrontation of the story; what does the wife
mean by, "no man can expect two blue birds of happiness to flutter round
his feet, tearing out their little feathers" (20)?
Describe Miss Wrexall and her relationship to her employer and his wife.
In what ways does this story fit the expectations of a fairy tale; what
suspensions of disbelief are required for this story to "work"?