. True manhood : a manual for young men . ANHOOD. 59 in flying and hunting, and as the cold winter drawsnear he introduces them to other famihes of birds,which they join, and the whole flock migrate to awarmer climate. Boys who rob birds nests do not consider thisbeautiful home life of birds; do not stop to watchthem and study their affectionate habits ; if they didthey would not be so cruel and thoughtless. If webreak off the buds of a plant the old bush docs not careand mourn. But if a nest is robbed and the broodbroken up, the old birds will try to fight, and fly inthe face and dart at the
. True manhood : a manual for young men . ANHOOD. 59 in flying and hunting, and as the cold winter drawsnear he introduces them to other famihes of birds,which they join, and the whole flock migrate to awarmer climate. Boys who rob birds nests do not consider thisbeautiful home life of birds; do not stop to watchthem and study their affectionate habits ; if they didthey would not be so cruel and thoughtless. If webreak off the buds of a plant the old bush docs not careand mourn. But if a nest is robbed and the broodbroken up, the old birds will try to fight, and fly inthe face and dart at the eyes of the invader, andsometimes make sad cries and calls for days after. There is scarcely a prettier thing in all nature thana downy chicken, nor a more beautiful sight than tosee the mother hen gathering her brood under herwings, or to watch with what patience and interestshe scratches and clucks, scratches and clucks all daylong when her chicks are not resting their little tiredfeet and taking their baby naps among her Fig. XVI. A Family Scene. We hardly know which to admire most, the deli-cate forms, colors and family arrangements of plant 6o TRUE MANHOOD. life, or the affection, intelligence and family arrange-ments of animal life. Male and Female Created He Them. The stamens and pistils of plants are not called fa-ther and mother in books and in conversation, butare spoken of as male and female organs. They werehowever, so called in previous pages, in order thatyoung readers might get a clear idea of their nature. ^//things that have life are divided into two class-es, of male and female, and are set in pairs—the malefor the father, and the female for the mother. In n\?iny plants with which we are most familiar,they are united in the same stalk, but some grow inseparate plants, while the male and female animalsare in two distinct individuals—except in a few of thelower orders, where they are united in one form. Boys, especially those who live in the c
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