. Birds and their ways; . ountryhome that was called Elmridge becausethere were a number of fine elm treesaround it, and also because it was builton a ridge or rising piece of ground. was a very kind father to his threemotherless children, but he did not see agreat deal of them, for he was away nearlyall day at his business in the city. MissHarson, the young lady whom he had en-gaged as their governess, really knew moreabout them than he did. There were Mal-colm, Clara and Edith, and their ages wereten, eight and six years. They were verylovable children, if Malcolm was a littlemischie
. Birds and their ways; . ountryhome that was called Elmridge becausethere were a number of fine elm treesaround it, and also because it was builton a ridge or rising piece of ground. was a very kind father to his threemotherless children, but he did not see agreat deal of them, for he was away nearlyall day at his business in the city. MissHarson, the young lady whom he had en-gaged as their governess, really knew moreabout them than he did. There were Mal-colm, Clara and Edith, and their ages wereten, eight and six years. They were verylovable children, if Malcolm was a littlemischievous. They seemed to Miss Har-son almost like her own little brother andsisters. Their schoolroom was a particu-larly pleasant one, with a bright fire, crim-son curtains and cushioned loved to sit there after school-hoursand have what they called talks withtheir teacher, who always contrived to ren-der these talks interesting. Generally theywere about things out of doors—trees and THE ENGLISH ROBIN. II. ^Sa^*5** THE ENGLISH ROBIN. flowers and animals and birds and stars,and many things which some people see alltheir lives and yet know very little about. 12 BIRDS AND THEIR WAYS. But Miss Harson taught her pupils to usetheir eyes and ears, and their tongues too,to some purpose. Sometimes an imagin-ary journey would be proposed, and thenthey all traveled to some foreign countryto learn about things that lived or grewthere; and this the children always enjoyedvery much. Who would like to take a trip to Eu-rope with me this evening ? asked MissHarson as her three pupils sat lookingat her in the glow of the winter firelight. What a funny time to go to Europe!laughed Clara, with the dimples deepeningin her rosy cheeks. But I know whatyou are going for, Miss Harson. My trunk is packed, said Malcolm, witha satisfied air. Me too ! chimed in little Edith, whowas not quite sure what it was all about ;but if there was anything going on, shewanted to be in it. The reason
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