. The first book of birds; . gether, the youngest in the middle ofthe group, where they are protected and fed bythe elder brood as well as by the parents, a lovelyand united little family. xvm HIS KINDNESS TO OTHERS Birds are helpful to each other when introuble. If a robin is in distress, other robinswill come to see what is the matter, and to helpif they can. And not only robins, but catbirds,and orioles, and chickadees, and others, willcome, too. Sometimes when a person tries to rob a nest,all the birds near will come in a crowd, to driveaway the thief. They will cry and scream athim, and s
. The first book of birds; . gether, the youngest in the middle ofthe group, where they are protected and fed bythe elder brood as well as by the parents, a lovelyand united little family. xvm HIS KINDNESS TO OTHERS Birds are helpful to each other when introuble. If a robin is in distress, other robinswill come to see what is the matter, and to helpif they can. And not only robins, but catbirds,and orioles, and chickadees, and others, willcome, too. Sometimes when a person tries to rob a nest,all the birds near will come in a crowd, to driveaway the thief. They will cry and scream athim, and sometimes fly at his face, and try topeck his eyes. Birds are so little they cannot fight a man,but if they can peck at his face, they can hurthim, and if they really get at his eyes, they canput them out. We cannot blame the birds fortrying to protect themselves and their young,and it is well for boys to be careful how theydisturb a nest. One proof that birds really do help eachother is the fact that when a man wants to know. SCARLET TANAGER HIS KINDNESS TO OTHERS 75 ^hat birds live in a place, he can bring them allaround him by making a sound like a youngbird in distress. All who hear it will come tosee what is the matter. Let me tell you a story of some young swal-lows. They were able to fly a httle, and weresitting together on a roof, when a lady whowas watching them noticed that one of themseemed to be weak, and not able to stand up. When the parents came with food, the othersstood up and opened their mouths, and so werefed, but this Uttle one hardly ever got a morsel. If birds had no love for each other, as manypeople think, these strong little ones would nothave cared i£ their brother did starve; but whatdid the lady see? She says that two of thestrong young swallows came close up to theirweak brother, one on each side. They put theirbeaks under his breast and lifted him up on tohis legs, and then crowded so close against himthat their little bodies propped him up, and h
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