The little foresters: a story of field and woods . m her that we learned that mostimportant lesson of being kind to animals, andparticularly to birds and squirrels, of which shewas very fond. In the winter time, when thestorms came and the winds blew, and theselittle creatures were cold and hungry, it washer special delight to befriend them. w In thesummer, she would say, they can take careof themselves, but in the winter, when we arecomfortably housed, we should think of themout in the cold. With these kind thoughts in her mind,grandmother would scatter grains of buckwheatand bread crumbs for
The little foresters: a story of field and woods . m her that we learned that mostimportant lesson of being kind to animals, andparticularly to birds and squirrels, of which shewas very fond. In the winter time, when thestorms came and the winds blew, and theselittle creatures were cold and hungry, it washer special delight to befriend them. w In thesummer, she would say, they can take careof themselves, but in the winter, when we arecomfortably housed, we should think of themout in the cold. With these kind thoughts in her mind,grandmother would scatter grains of buckwheatand bread crumbs for the sparrows and thechickadees, and I would watch through thewindow while they hopped about on the snowpicking up their breakfast. Then there wasalways a piece of meat nailed to a convenient postthat the birds knew well. Many of them madetheir breakfast upon this half-frozen were chickadees and sparrows, wood-peckers and grosbeaks, snowbirds, and evenan old crow came when very hungry, but hedid not often venture so near the house. One. AN OLD COCK PARTRIDGE WITH BIG BLACK RUFFS AND VERYPOMPOUS MANNERS. GRANDMAS WINTER VISITORS. 5 night, just at dusk, I saw a curious lookingwhite owl standing upon the post, making alate supper. But the strangest of all grandmothersfeathered visitors, and one who is usually verywary, wras an old cock partridge with big blackruffs and very pompous manners. This finefellow would strut around with all the dignityof a turkey-cock, but he would fly away with agreat noise at the slightest sound. Grandmasaid it was unusual for a partridge to ventureso near the house and that there was a goodreason for his coming. Several vears beforeshe had found him, one day, by the roadside,stunned and nearly dead. She had carriedhim home in her hands and had cared for him,keeping him in a hencoop until he was well,when she had let him go. He had always re-membered this kindness and wTas occasionallyseen near the house. Grandma said she knewhim by the way
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