. Cecil's book of birds . About Pur p Q^Z^OTT never heard of our Dickie?Quite likely. There had beenmany Dickies before, and thereare many left, but none were, orare, like Our Dickie. When youhear his story, I am sure you willagree with me that Our Dickiewas a rare little fellow. This isthe story : But first you must know where we live, andhow we came to have a Dickie. Now ourhome is in a homely — that is, homelike — oldhouse, that nestles in the shadow of some grandoak trees on the high shore of Lake winter, the winds moan among the naked,shivering branches of the gray old
. Cecil's book of birds . About Pur p Q^Z^OTT never heard of our Dickie?Quite likely. There had beenmany Dickies before, and thereare many left, but none were, orare, like Our Dickie. When youhear his story, I am sure you willagree with me that Our Dickiewas a rare little fellow. This isthe story : But first you must know where we live, andhow we came to have a Dickie. Now ourhome is in a homely — that is, homelike — oldhouse, that nestles in the shadow of some grandoak trees on the high shore of Lake winter, the winds moan among the naked,shivering branches of the gray old trees, but in 2l6 ABOUT OUR DICKIE. summer the sunshine peeps cheerily throughtheir gnarled tops, and dances gaily on thegreen turf below, while the birds nestle in theirthick foliage; the woodpeckers rattle at thedry limbs, and look out from their holes in themossy trunks; the vireos whistle from theirsprays; the blue-birds, and yellow-birds, andflame-colored orioles flash hither and thitherthrough their branches; the robins build inth
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