. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. THE KING OF BIEDS. ITo"w, yon think I am going to tell yon abont the eagle. Con- fess that yon do! "Of conrse!" yon say. "Everybody knows that the eagle is the king of birds. Do you think we are dunces?" l^o, I don't think you are dunces, but perhaps there may still be a few things that you do not know, though, of course, it is only because you have not had time to learn them. And one of these. few things is, that, according to ancient story, the king of all birds is no
. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. THE KING OF BIEDS. ITo"w, yon think I am going to tell yon abont the eagle. Con- fess that yon do! "Of conrse!" yon say. "Everybody knows that the eagle is the king of birds. Do you think we are dunces?" l^o, I don't think you are dunces, but perhaps there may still be a few things that you do not know, though, of course, it is only because you have not had time to learn them. And one of these. few things is, that, according to ancient story, the king of all birds is not the mighty eagle, but — the wren !— the tiny, chattering, brown wren, who builds his pretty, little, round nest in hedgerows and hayricks. I will tell you the story as it was told by a famous writer, many hundreds of years ago, and then you may believe it, or not, just as you like. Once upon a time, then, all the birds met together to choose a king; and they decided that the one who could soar the highest should be ruler over all the feathered tribes. Up they all sprang into the air, hawk and heron, swallow and skylark, and every bii-d. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943. Boston, Estes and Lauriat
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