The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 66
we called to our mother:Oh, mama, mama ! The birds—the birds !Open wide the windows, she instantly or- dered; perhaps they will come in. See, children,the poor things are perishing with thirst! We obeyed at once, and the birds came pant-ing in, their wings drooping, their beaks apart.•Oh, the… … THE BIRDS DID NOT MOVE AWAY, BUTALLOWED US TO TOUCH THEM. The heat was forgotten in the great happinessof ministering to the needs of our guests. Weran to the kitchen for all the shallow dishes wecould find. These we filled with water and placedon the parlor floor. The birds were not slow…
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