. St. Nicholas [serial] . AN OUTDOOR SKETCH. BY NANCYW. HUNTLEY., AGE 12. 95 2 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. [ THE BROOK I KNOW. BY HENRY ORMSBY PHILLIPS, AGE l6. one might find it. Day afterday she visited the nest andwatched the mother birdsmovements. She wonderedwhat was inside the eggs,and thought there must besome little birds. She be-came more curious everyday, and finally resolved tobreak one open and see. The next morning, whenshe visited the nest, shetook one of the eggs out,and with a stone broke itopen. The mother bird,who had flown to a bushnear by, when she sawwhat had happened, start
. St. Nicholas [serial] . AN OUTDOOR SKETCH. BY NANCYW. HUNTLEY., AGE 12. 95 2 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. [ THE BROOK I KNOW. BY HENRY ORMSBY PHILLIPS, AGE l6. one might find it. Day afterday she visited the nest andwatched the mother birdsmovements. She wonderedwhat was inside the eggs,and thought there must besome little birds. She be-came more curious everyday, and finally resolved tobreak one open and see. The next morning, whenshe visited the nest, shetook one of the eggs out,and with a stone broke itopen. The mother bird,who had flown to a bushnear by, when she sawwhat had happened, startedto utter the most piteouscries, and to circle aroundthe nest, longing yet notdaring to come near. Bes-sie— for that was the childsname — viewed her worksorrowfully. The cries ofthe mother grew louder andlouder, and she could stand it no longer. She burst into tears, and ran away,holding her ears to shut out the sad cries of thepoor little bird. Bessie is grown up now, but she has nevertreated any bird or helpless creature cruelly,for the lesson she learned was so great that shehas always remembe
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