. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. THE CHICKADEE. A POET was once walking in the Concord woods in winter. The snow was deep ; it was bitterly cold ; his home was a long way off. He stumbled so dis- along, feeling. -^ couraged and so help- less that it seemed as though he must give up the struggle. Just then he heard a bright, cheerful note, and in the twigs above him he saw a Chicka- dee hopping about as gaily as if it were spring, and calling such a brisk greeting that it seemed he must be really glad to see a fellow-traveler. The poet felt ashamed
. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. THE CHICKADEE. A POET was once walking in the Concord woods in winter. The snow was deep ; it was bitterly cold ; his home was a long way off. He stumbled so dis- along, feeling. -^ couraged and so help- less that it seemed as though he must give up the struggle. Just then he heard a bright, cheerful note, and in the twigs above him he saw a Chicka- dee hopping about as gaily as if it were spring, and calling such a brisk greeting that it seemed he must be really glad to see a fellow-traveler. The poet felt ashamed that such a "little scrap of valor " could face the storm all day and all night, with- out ever losing his courage or even his cheerfulness; he determined to take the bird for his model, and like him be merry and brave, no matter how discouraging life might sometimes seem. Fig. 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 Stickney, J. H. (Jenny H. ), b. 1840; Hoffmann, Ralph, b. 1870; Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. Boston : Ginn
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