Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . It was a picture of two mice building a nest. Here it is. The nest is built of dried grass. Itis perfectly round, and very-pretty. It is supported veryingeniously, at a distance fromthe ground, on the stems ofgrain. No one stem would bestrong enough to support it,and the mice have accordinglyworked in a great many intothe substance of the fabric ofwhich their nest is of the mice is upon thenest, busily
Harper's story booksA series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the youngEmbellished with numerous and beautiful engravings . It was a picture of two mice building a nest. Here it is. The nest is built of dried grass. Itis perfectly round, and very-pretty. It is supported veryingeniously, at a distance fromthe ground, on the stems ofgrain. No one stem would bestrong enough to support it,and the mice have accordinglyworked in a great many intothe substance of the fabric ofwhich their nest is of the mice is upon thenest, busily at work. The oth-er is coming up by one of thestems from below, bringing upsome more sprigs of dry grassor straw to finish the structure. It is very ingenious work, said Robin, for mice. Yes, said Elfred, I think it is. They are more ingenious even than you are, continued Rob-in. I thought that you were very ingenious to be able to builda martin-house when you can not see, but it is more ingenious inthem, for they not only can not speak, but they have no hands andno tools. No, said Elfred, they have not. Nor any materials to work with except old grass and hay,added MAKING THE MARTIN-HOUSE. 141 Martin-house pole. Robins gesticulations. The work done. No, said Elfred. But, Robin, said Elfred, I dont see what we are going todo for a pole to put up our martin-house upon, when we have gotit done. I wish }rou would ask Park. How shall I ask him ? said Robin. Show him the pole in the picture, replied Elfred, and thenmake the sign for where, and he will understand. So Robin took the book to Park, and pointed to the pole thatsupported the martin-house in it, and then made the sign for made this sign by looking about him as if he were searchingfor something, and then spreading out his hands with the palmsup, and looking inquiringly at Park, as if he could not find whathe wanted. Park understood this gesticulation at once, and he touched hisforehead, and then nodded his
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