. Boys and birds; or, Miss Truat's mission . the rich broils and Christmas roasts which they furnish. Nor are ouraffections all based on this lower consideration. Welove them for their social qualities. Well do I re-member an old hen that we had called * Old Ducky/and the childish joy with which I used to feed herand her little brood from my bowl of bread andmilk. She learned to know the rap of my spoon aswell as I did the tinkle of the dinner-bell, and wouldcluck her callow charge to my side at once, readyfor the free share which she knew her young familywould surely get. (Fig. 92.) There Bid
. Boys and birds; or, Miss Truat's mission . the rich broils and Christmas roasts which they furnish. Nor are ouraffections all based on this lower consideration. Welove them for their social qualities. Well do I re-member an old hen that we had called * Old Ducky/and the childish joy with which I used to feed herand her little brood from my bowl of bread andmilk. She learned to know the rap of my spoon aswell as I did the tinkle of the dinner-bell, and wouldcluck her callow charge to my side at once, readyfor the free share which she knew her young familywould surely get. (Fig. 92.) There Biddy would stand and watch the dripfrom my spoon with such a thankful expression,while her little chicks were busy at my feet pickingup the tit-bits. And then with what pride myself. i BinJs. ■-.—feeding the Chickens. Page 340. BOYS AND BIRDS. 341 and little brother would watch the growth of the weethings, nursing and tending them day by day! andwhen grown, how we delighted to show them to our
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