. Gray lady and the birds; stories of the bird year for home and school . that Bob-whites call is just aspleasant to hear as a song. Yes, Sarah, I should like to protect the game-birdsalso, unless in cases where people, living away from placeswhere other food can be had, are really hungry. Butthere are two sides to this question, and the Kind HeartsClub must always try to look at both, so as to be sure thatin being just to one, the other may not be over the country there are hundreds of men who, fornearly all the year, are tied to desks in offices, and theirheads are weary and th
. Gray lady and the birds; stories of the bird year for home and school . that Bob-whites call is just aspleasant to hear as a song. Yes, Sarah, I should like to protect the game-birdsalso, unless in cases where people, living away from placeswhere other food can be had, are really hungry. Butthere are two sides to this question, and the Kind HeartsClub must always try to look at both, so as to be sure thatin being just to one, the other may not be over the country there are hundreds of men who, fornearly all the year, are tied to desks in offices, and theirheads are weary and their bodies cramped. The love ofhunting is born in man, probably an inheritance fromhis ancestors, who hunted for their living, just as thebird inherits the instincts of migration from its parentsand performs the journeys even when there is noneed. This love of hunting leads the men out into the woodsfor a few weeks, or even days, each year, and, besides thehunting, they meet Nature face to face, and, whether theyknow it or not, come back better able to take up the work. FOUR NOTABLES 201 of life, which is a harder struggle as the world gets olderand older. Some people may not agree with me, but I had a goodwarm-hearted father, who gave his life in the cause ofhumanity; yet he loved fair hunting, and Goldilocks fatherdid, also. So I think that the Kind Hearts Club will notonly be doing the game-bird a service, but man also, if itcan make and carry out a plan to feed and shelter thesebirds, even in the space of Fair Meadows township. I have been talking this over with some men whoknow the haunts of these birds, and next month, if thebig boys join us, I will tell you my plan; for it will needsturdy fellows to carry it out, though you can all help. Where do the Grouse nest, in bushes or on the ground ? asked Dave; Ive never seen one, though Ive found aWoodcocks nest, and touched the bird on it, she was sotame. They make their nest on the ground, Dave, said GrayLady; not much of a n
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