. The Avicultural magazine . On taming Parrots. 243 sentecl a wonderful aspect. Whether moss or lichen was notprocurable I cannot say, but, knowing that the outside was incom-plete without a decoration of some kind wherewith to adorn or makeit less conspicuous, the worthy couple laid their heads together, andafter a long and serious confab resolved to again follow theexample of the humans and utilise the confetti which had beenthrown at them for good luck, and see whether there was any truthin the popular superstition. Accordingly they hied them to TheManse gate, and carefully collected as muc
. The Avicultural magazine . On taming Parrots. 243 sentecl a wonderful aspect. Whether moss or lichen was notprocurable I cannot say, but, knowing that the outside was incom-plete without a decoration of some kind wherewith to adorn or makeit less conspicuous, the worthy couple laid their heads together, andafter a long and serious confab resolved to again follow theexample of the humans and utilise the confetti which had beenthrown at them for good luck, and see whether there was any truthin the popular superstition. Accordingly they hied them to TheManse gate, and carefully collected as much of the confetti as wasstill to the fore, and decorated the outside walls of their prospectiveresidence in the most skilful manner imaginable, after which hegallantly led her to her bridal home, where they proved that the so-called superstition must have been no superstition at all, for itbrought them much happiness and a wedded life in which there wereno family jars, and any troubles they did have were exceedinglylittle on
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