. St. Nicholas [serial]. fashion, thesquirrel evidently re-ceiving its the parrot, see-ing what it was aboutto do, made a rush atit, and opened itsbeak as if to seize itby the tail; but theswift creature was tooquick. In an instantit had sprung away,up the tree, and in an-other it was back,holding in its moutha great leaf of thepalm. Now I have you! cried the prince to the parrot, taking the leaf in his hand and makinga jump after it; but the wicked bird only flewa short distance away to the branch of a tree,where it perched, laughing wickedly. Why dont you catch me? it cried. The
. St. Nicholas [serial]. fashion, thesquirrel evidently re-ceiving its the parrot, see-ing what it was aboutto do, made a rush atit, and opened itsbeak as if to seize itby the tail; but theswift creature was tooquick. In an instantit had sprung away,up the tree, and in an-other it was back,holding in its moutha great leaf of thepalm. Now I have you! cried the prince to the parrot, taking the leaf in his hand and makinga jump after it; but the wicked bird only flewa short distance away to the branch of a tree,where it perched, laughing wickedly. Why dont you catch me? it cried. The prince, after a few more attempts,realized that it was of no use to try this sort of THE UNLUCKY PARROT. [Mar. game, for the bird escaped him as often as hechased it. The animals were looking on withmuch interest; but, to the dismay of the wan-derer, who was depending upon their protec-tion, they seemed to have nothing to the rabbit was silent and inactive, anddid not make any attempt to clear up the diffi-. culty. But just as the prince began to be dis-couraged and to think help was never coming,a bird with red wings flew down near him. Ithad such a look of understanding that theprince ventured to address it in his own lan-guage. Could nt you take a message, hesaid, to the old woman of the woods? I m. *9°3-] THE UNLUCKY PARROT. 453 sure she could tell me what to do. Please askher to send me a word of advice. The bird spread its wings obediently andflew off, and the animals all nodded their headssagaciously, as if they approved of this. In afew moments a flapping was heard above them ;and a great eagle, carrying something on itsback, began to descend, and this something, asit drew nearer, was discovered to be the littleold woman herself. You had no business to send for me, sheremarked rather sharply to the prince, butI 11 consent to help you out of your troublejust once, for the sake of getting rid of thatnuisance of a parrot. Now listen. And shewhispered in the p
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