. Aunt May's bird talks . dseed, chirping lovingly to their little ones, as AUNT MAYS BIRO TALKS. 85 though trying to help them bear their hard life, for it is a great trial for such a restless creature to be shut up in a small cage. The man asked the boy what he would take for the two young birds; the boy told him, and this good man bought them at once. Then, to the boys surprise, he opened the door of the cage; out flew the timid young birds, but fell to the ground, for they had not learned to fly. The parents, almost wild with joy, flew to help them, and soon took them a safe distance from
. Aunt May's bird talks . dseed, chirping lovingly to their little ones, as AUNT MAYS BIRO TALKS. 85 though trying to help them bear their hard life, for it is a great trial for such a restless creature to be shut up in a small cage. The man asked the boy what he would take for the two young birds; the boy told him, and this good man bought them at once. Then, to the boys surprise, he opened the door of the cage; out flew the timid young birds, but fell to the ground, for they had not learned to fly. The parents, almost wild with joy, flew to help them, and soon took them a safe distance from the house, all the time chirp- mT ing and twittering in excite- ^k m ment and happiness. In a few Jf^F minutes the male bird flew to M jS^ the top of a tree and poured forth a hymn of thanksgiving. The man turned to his little friend and made him promise never to rob a birds nest again, 86 AUNT MAYS BIRD TALKS. telling him that they, too, are Gods creaturesand he wants them to be happy and free toenjoy their little lives/. NEST OF RED-WING BLACKBIRD
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