. St. Nicholas [serial]. ed. But his mother was right behind him and an-swered, Come and see what we have in thekitchen. He ran on ahead. As he opened the kitchendoor the cheep-cheep-cheep that greeted him toldhim that baby chicks were there. Sure enough,in a big cardboard carton behind the stove werean even hundred fluffy little yellow balls. Hewas speechless with excitement; but when Fatheropened the book of instructions for the amateurpoultryman, which had been sent by the hatcheryfrom which the chicks had been bought, Georgeturned to look over his fathers shoulder. Asthey studied the book
. St. Nicholas [serial]. ed. But his mother was right behind him and an-swered, Come and see what we have in thekitchen. He ran on ahead. As he opened the kitchendoor the cheep-cheep-cheep that greeted him toldhim that baby chicks were there. Sure enough,in a big cardboard carton behind the stove werean even hundred fluffy little yellow balls. Hewas speechless with excitement; but when Fatheropened the book of instructions for the amateurpoultryman, which had been sent by the hatcheryfrom which the chicks had been bought, Georgeturned to look over his fathers shoulder. Asthey studied the book together, it was hard todecide which was the bigger boy, and the motherwas as interested as they. Hovers for the youngsters were easily andquickly made from cheese-boxes by cutting alittle door at the bottom, so that they might runin and out. Three nails were driven in the sideof each box about three inches from the bottom,and wire hoops were made to fit the inside of thebox and rest on these nails. 714 THE BLUE BYKE 715. GEORGE WITH HIS HISTORY BEFORE HIM, BUT HIS MIND ON THE WINDOW OF THE HARDWARE STORE Now, Mother, if you will sew some old flannelon the hoops for us, so that it will drop down onthe backs of the little fellows, we will keep themsnug and warm. Will that keep them warm, Father? Yes. The heat of their bodies against eachother will be enough, for we will bring them intothe kitchen at night. George did not need to be called in the was the first one up, and glad indeed to findthat the chicks had passed the night breakfast he gave them some hard-boiledegg, chopped fine, and bread-crumbs, and plentyof sour milk to drink. It was a joy to watch thelittle fellows tap away at the food and standaround the saucers of milk, throwing their littleheads far back as they drank. As it was best tofeed them every three hours, Mother volunteeredto tend them while George was at school. Ireally think she enjoyed them quite as much asGeorge and Father. In
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