Stories of persons and places in Europe . 206 Persons and Places in Europe. world each year is something astonishing. From the province of NorthHolland alone come twenty-six millions of pounds of cheese every year. A Heroic Bird.—After the cow, there is nothing in the animal worldthat the Dutch think so highly of as the Stork. On the same pole which isset up for the cow to rub against, or perhaps on the roof of the house, isnailed a huge cartwheel for these birds to make their nests upon. A verycommon sight in Holland is a stork perched upon one leg on the ridge poleof the house, and it is tho
Stories of persons and places in Europe . 206 Persons and Places in Europe. world each year is something astonishing. From the province of NorthHolland alone come twenty-six millions of pounds of cheese every year. A Heroic Bird.—After the cow, there is nothing in the animal worldthat the Dutch think so highly of as the Stork. On the same pole which isset up for the cow to rub against, or perhaps on the roof of the house, isnailed a huge cartwheel for these birds to make their nests upon. A verycommon sight in Holland is a stork perched upon one leg on the ridge poleof the house, and it is thought a good sign to have him there. To show thatthese birds are worthy of the high regard in which they are held, the Hollan-der tells of their heroic defense of their young at one time during a terriblefire at Delft. When the fire occurred there was a large number of young storks in theirnests about the city unable yet to fly. As the old birds saw the fire ap-proaching they tried to carry their little ones out of danger but could not.
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