StNicholas [serial] . THE COMING OF A BIRD WITH BIG EYES That night as they were wondering whether any of the animals would find the cavein the dark, they heard all of a sudden the flapping of wings. The little Cub Bear ran at once to the mouth of the caveto see what it was. Oh! Circus Bear, he said, here is a great bird. He has great big eyes aslarge as marbles. He has the funniest pointedears. He has a hook nose, he has great claws,and he is as big as half a dozen doves. TheCircus Bear said, That is Mr. Owl. Ask him tocome in. So the little Cub Bear said to the owlvery politely, Come in, Mr.
StNicholas [serial] . THE COMING OF A BIRD WITH BIG EYES That night as they were wondering whether any of the animals would find the cavein the dark, they heard all of a sudden the flapping of wings. The little Cub Bear ran at once to the mouth of the caveto see what it was. Oh! Circus Bear, he said, here is a great bird. He has great big eyes aslarge as marbles. He has the funniest pointedears. He has a hook nose, he has great claws,and he is as big as half a dozen doves. TheCircus Bear said, That is Mr. Owl. Ask him tocome in. So the little Cub Bear said to the owlvery politely, Come in, Mr. Owl, and the owlcame into the den. He blinked his great eyes,and looked solemn and wise, and the little CubBear said, Mr. Owl, we are going to build a house, so that all the animals cancome to live with us if they want to, and we want to know if you can help us. COME IN, MR. OWL. FOR YEEY LITTLE FOLK 551 build the house. And Mr. Owl said, very solemnly, I would be very glad tohelp you, because when we lived in the Circus, your brother was very good to me,and I should like to do anything I can to help you. The little Cub Bear said,What can you do? And the owl said, If you want me to, I can be door-keeper, and when any one comes I can ask who he is, because, you know, I cansay, Who-o-o ? who-o-o ? The little Cub Bear danced up and down, and saidthat would be very fine. And he said, I am very glad that my brother was kind toyou when you were in the Circus. So the owl went out to the mouth of the den,and there was a tree, and the tree had a long limb sticking out like an arm, andthe owl flew up to this limb and sat there, looking very solemn and very wise, asall owls do, blinking his great eyes. And there he sat day and night winkingand blinking his eyes, so solemn and wise, keeping watch forthe bears and the animals, just like a soldier standing
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