. Bird stories . rd to you — indeed Iwill not. Well, if you spoil my fishing — beganJack. And Ill pick thimbleberries for ourlunch, said Phyllis, eagerly. So it happened that a small girl in a greatsunbonnet followed a small boy with a stilllarger straw hat and a fishing-pole and line,out of the back gate and down the lane. 105 106 THE KINGFISHER True to her promise, Phyllis said nothing,but trudged along behind Jack with wideopen, watchful brown eyes. By and bye the children came to a pond ofshining, clear water. How still everythingseemed, how brightly the sun shone! Now if you talk you 11 s
. Bird stories . rd to you — indeed Iwill not. Well, if you spoil my fishing — beganJack. And Ill pick thimbleberries for ourlunch, said Phyllis, eagerly. So it happened that a small girl in a greatsunbonnet followed a small boy with a stilllarger straw hat and a fishing-pole and line,out of the back gate and down the lane. 105 106 THE KINGFISHER True to her promise, Phyllis said nothing,but trudged along behind Jack with wideopen, watchful brown eyes. By and bye the children came to a pond ofshining, clear water. How still everythingseemed, how brightly the sun shone! Now if you talk you 11 scare the fish, saidJack, with an air of great importance. I will not talk, Phyllis whisperedback, shutting her lips very tightly and sit-ting down beside her brother with a littlesigh. Jack threw his line — Phyllis watched withawe. They sat for a moment waiting for a bite. Then Jack jerked the line up sharply, notso much because he thought he had caughtsomething, as because he hoped he wouldcatch On a branch sat abird. He wasconsiderably largerthan a robin WITH THE WATER WATCHMAN 107 H I dont believe there are any fish here,he grumbled at last. But Phylliss bright eyes had caught sightof something and she forgot all about the fish-ing and her resolve not to speak. Look! she cried, pointing to a fallentree-trunk which hung over the water. On a branch sat a bird. He was considerablylarger than a robin. On the top of his head was a tall crest, whichreached to the nape of his neck, His back and the entire upper part of hisbody was blue. His wings and short tail borespots and bars of white. The lower part of his body was white andacross his breast ran two bands of blue. His bill is longer than his head! laughedPhyllis. What a funny big head and whatfunny little feet! Who is he, Jackie? 108 THE KINGFISHER A kingfisher! Jack replied. What is he doing? asked Phyllis. Fishing, said Jack, shortly. In a moment Jack spoke again. There must be fish here if Mr. King-fisher
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