. St. Nicholas [serial]. BITTER COLD. BY ROBERT B. PLATT, AGE 12. (SILVER BADGE.) THE SPARROWS NEST. BY RAY RANDALL (AGE 13).( Silver Badge.) A little gray sparrow is building her nest In exactly the same sort of way—With a bit of straw here, and a bit of string there- As the first sparrow did the first day. She sings of the morning,She sings of the leaves, with him. He said he had heard that there was avillage wdiere tne people were very unkind and that hewished to see if this was true. He told Mercury toleave his cap and shoes and put on some old clothes. They got very tired with their journ
. St. Nicholas [serial]. BITTER COLD. BY ROBERT B. PLATT, AGE 12. (SILVER BADGE.) THE SPARROWS NEST. BY RAY RANDALL (AGE 13).( Silver Badge.) A little gray sparrow is building her nest In exactly the same sort of way—With a bit of straw here, and a bit of string there- As the first sparrow did the first day. She sings of the morning,She sings of the leaves, with him. He said he had heard that there was avillage wdiere tne people were very unkind and that hewished to see if this was true. He told Mercury toleave his cap and shoes and put on some old clothes. They got very tired with their journey to the earth,and so they stopped at the first house they came to andasked for some food and water. A woman answeredthe door and told them to go to the next house. Theycalled at house after house and asked for the samething, but no one would give them anything. The children threw mud and sticks at them. ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. 66 I. POSSUM. BY THURSTON BROWN, AGE 15. (FIRST PRIZE,WILD-ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPH.) Finally they saw a house on a hill and thought theywould try that. Baucis saw them coming, and told herhusband to go and meet them while she got supper. All they had for supper was a loaf of bread, a bunchof grapes, and a pitcher of milk ; but they were glad toshare it. There was only enough milk to go around,but when the strangers passed their cup for more therewas always enough to serve them. They had only onebed, but they gave that to the strangers. The next morning they all went out to see the sunrise, and in the place of the village was a beautiful lake,and in place of their house was a palace, and Jupitertold them that was to be their home. He told them hewould give them anything they wanted. Baucis said : By and by Philemon and I will die : let us go together. One day some one came to look for them, but theycould not be found, and in their place were a linden and
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