. Gray lady and the birds; stories of the bird year for home and school . nextFriday. MATILDA ANN I knew a charming little girl,Whod say, Oh, see that flower!Whenever in the gardenOr woods she spent an sometimes she would listen,And say, Oh, hear that bird !Whenever in the forestIts clear, sweet note was heard. But then I knew another —Much wiser, dont you think?Who never called a bird a bird;But said the bobolink 66 GRAY LADY AND THE BIRDS Or oriole or robin Or wren, as it might be; She called them all by their first names, So intimate was she. And in the woods or garden She never pi
. Gray lady and the birds; stories of the bird year for home and school . nextFriday. MATILDA ANN I knew a charming little girl,Whod say, Oh, see that flower!Whenever in the gardenOr woods she spent an sometimes she would listen,And say, Oh, hear that bird !Whenever in the forestIts clear, sweet note was heard. But then I knew another —Much wiser, dont you think?Who never called a bird a bird;But said the bobolink 66 GRAY LADY AND THE BIRDS Or oriole or robin Or wren, as it might be; She called them all by their first names, So intimate was she. And in the woods or garden She never picked a flower; But anemones, hepaticas, Or pansies, by the hour. Both little girls loved birc s and flowers, But one love was the best: I need not point the moral; Im sure you see the rest. For would it not be very queer. If when, perhaps, you came, Your parents had not thought worth while To give you any name ? I think you would be quite upset. And feel your brain a-whirl. If you were not Matilda Ann, But just a little girl! — Alice W. Rollins, in the SNOWY HERON VI FEATHERS AND HATS The White Heron Perhaps the boys may not be interested in hearingabout feathers and hats, said Gray Lady, but the twobirds whose pictures you see here are very interesting inthemselves; and it is well that both boys and girls shouldrealize all the different reasons why some kinds of birdshave been growing fewer and fewer, until it is necessaryto take active measures for their protection. Boys have robbed nests and thoughtless men haveshot and caged song-birds, and have often killed manymore food-birds than they could eat, merely for what theycall the sport of killing. Girls who seldom rob nests, unless they are followingthe examples of their brothers, and women who wouldshrink from touching firearms or killing a bird, will still,as far as the law allows and sometimes further, wearbirds feathers on their hats. Not many years ago we often saw whole birds, such asHumming-birds, Swal
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