. The bird. Birds. CONCLUSION. 301 I was alone. Be it understood, however, that when his mistress was present, he entirely forgot me, I was annulled ! Thus he grew accustomed to see me daily without any uneasiness, as an inoffensive, pacific being, with little of movement or noise about me. The fire in the grate, and near the fire this peaceable reader, were, during the absences of the prefeiTed individual, in the still and almost solitary hours, his objects of contemplation. I ventured yesterday, being alone, to approach him, to speak to him as I do to the robin, and he did not grow agitated,
. The bird. Birds. CONCLUSION. 301 I was alone. Be it understood, however, that when his mistress was present, he entirely forgot me, I was annulled ! Thus he grew accustomed to see me daily without any uneasiness, as an inoffensive, pacific being, with little of movement or noise about me. The fire in the grate, and near the fire this peaceable reader, were, during the absences of the prefeiTed individual, in the still and almost solitary hours, his objects of contemplation. I ventured yesterday, being alone, to approach him, to speak to him as I do to the robin, and he did not grow agitated, he did not appear disturbed ; he listened quietly, with an eye full of softness. I saw that peace was concluded, and that I was accepted. This morning I have with my own hand placed the poppy seed in the cage, and he is not the least alarmed. You will say : " Wlio gives is ; But 1 assert that our treaty was signed yesterday, before I had given him anything, and was perfectly disinterested. See, then, in less than a month, the most nervous of artists, the most timid and mistrustful of beings, grows reconciled with the human species. A curious proof of the natural union, of the pre-existent alliance which prevails between us and these creatures of instinct, which we call This alliance, this eternal fact, which our bmtality and our ferocious intelligences have not yet been able to rend asunder, to which these poor little ones so readily return, to which we shall. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874; Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904. London ; New York : T. Nelson
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