. St. Nicholas [serial]. bins nest and used itas a foundation for his own nest. Shortly after the robin spied the squirrel runningalong the path. With vengeance intent, the robin flewat the squirrel, and before they were separated our squir-rel was, like Woden, bereft of one eye. The robinsattack was always over the head of the squirrel. Thesquirrel ran, taking long leaps in running. A ROBIN ROOST. The sunset was rapidly growing more ruddyand the few masses of white clouds sinkingslowly to the horizon when I happened to no-tice a long line of birds flying across the westernsky and suddenly dis
. St. Nicholas [serial]. bins nest and used itas a foundation for his own nest. Shortly after the robin spied the squirrel runningalong the path. With vengeance intent, the robin flewat the squirrel, and before they were separated our squir-rel was, like Woden, bereft of one eye. The robinsattack was always over the head of the squirrel. Thesquirrel ran, taking long leaps in running. A ROBIN ROOST. The sunset was rapidly growing more ruddyand the few masses of white clouds sinkingslowly to the horizon when I happened to no-tice a long line of birds flying across the westernsky and suddenly disappearing. The robinswere returning to their roost. There was muchhaste and hurry-skurry, and none of that me-thodical, leisured manner of the crow whengoing home at night. Robins are not dignified,but are like little children all their lives. Theydo nothing but scramble. I tried to count therobins that I saw, but soon gave up the at-tempt. There were at least a thousand, prob-ably twice as many. When they ceased drop- V. <;- x Ik KoIilNh 1 1II1CIK RuOST AT SUNSET. 1902.] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 75
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