. Gray lady and the birds; stories of the bird year for home and school . e can sing so brave a makes the pride of looks appearA vain and foolish thing, to hearHis Sweet-sweet-sweet, very merry cheer. — Henry Van Dyke, from The Builders and OtherPoems. ROBIN REJOICE Among the first of the spring,The notes of the Robin ring; With flute-like voice, He calls, Rejoice,For I am coming to sing! To any one gloomy or says, Be glad ! be glad ! Look on the bright side, Tis aye the right side;The world is good, not bad. At daybreak in June we hearHis melody, strong and clear: Cheer up, be
. Gray lady and the birds; stories of the bird year for home and school . e can sing so brave a makes the pride of looks appearA vain and foolish thing, to hearHis Sweet-sweet-sweet, very merry cheer. — Henry Van Dyke, from The Builders and OtherPoems. ROBIN REJOICE Among the first of the spring,The notes of the Robin ring; With flute-like voice, He calls, Rejoice,For I am coming to sing! To any one gloomy or says, Be glad ! be glad ! Look on the bright side, Tis aye the right side;The world is good, not bad. At daybreak in June we hearHis melody, strong and clear: Cheer up, be merry, Ive found a cherry;Tis a glorious time of the year! — Garrett Newkirk, in Bird-Lore. Our Robin is a big-bodied Thrush, whereas the Robin-redbreast, the Cock Robin of story, is more nearly akinThe in size and build to our Bluebird. If you want Robin to see the family marks that yoke the Robinto his Thrush cousin, look carefully at the youngstersas they are leaving the nest, and you will see that insteadof wearing plain brick-coloured breasts like the parents,. ROBIN FEBRUARY, THE LONG-SHORT MONTH 327 they are striped like the Thrushes; this marking dis-appears after their first moult. As for Robin himself,you know him well, but can any of you tell exactly thecolour of his clothing? Sarah and Tommy raised their hands at the sametime, but as ladies come first, Sarah began: He isgray on top, and red underneath, and hes got white spotsoutside of his wings. Very good, indeed, said Gray Lady; but can youadd anything to that. Tommy? Yes, maam; hes black on top of his head, and hesgot a white chin and eye spot and a yellow beak. Why, Tommy, that is really very good; I didnt knowthat any of you children had learned to look so care-fully and remember. I saw all that yesterday, said Tommy, in a stateof glee. There came a flock of bran-new fresh birds,and sat in the cedar bushes back of the barn, but theydidnt find many berries, because the winter birds haveeaten them. Ma gave me
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