. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. 280 WISE LITTLE SPARROWS. ing for worms, or took their baths in the fountain without fear, while he was cutting grass or cleaning up leaves. When he Avas away they kept up in the trees, only flying down once in a while, when nobody was in sight. One morning, very early, a tall, straight old gentleman walked ^ ?" through the square. He ~ ^ was a very odd-looking -^ man. The little birds noticed it, and talked a good deal about him, up in their trees. He was so large that the red-faced man l
. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. 280 WISE LITTLE SPARROWS. ing for worms, or took their baths in the fountain without fear, while he was cutting grass or cleaning up leaves. When he Avas away they kept up in the trees, only flying down once in a while, when nobody was in sight. One morning, very early, a tall, straight old gentleman walked ^ ?" through the square. He ~ ^ was a very odd-looking -^ man. The little birds noticed it, and talked a good deal about him, up in their trees. He was so large that the red-faced man looked like a little boy beside him. His gray hair was long his eyes were bright and blac heavy cane in his right hand, him look quite fierce. He saw the little birds and whistled to them; but they had lived too long to trust anybody but their red-faced friend. Every day after that, at five o'clock, when the keeper opened the iron gate, the tall man walked through the square. As he did so he took some bread from his pocket and scattered crumbs along the broad walk. At first the little birds paid no attention to him; then they began to come down after he had gone; next they ventured afer a crumb before he was well out of the square. As they found he never hurt them, a few of the boldest began to eat their breakfast at his very feet. The saucy sparrows had grown so bold that they would perch on his head, his shoulders, and his hands, and even tangle their claws in his long gray hair. The sparrows learned to know his figure as he came down the street. They would wait for him by the gate, eager for their break-. 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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