The children's book; a collection of the best and most famous stories and poems in the English language (1910)
Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 · Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 196
plucked up thegreen blades of grass, he did not touch the flower. The evening came on, and yet nobody appearedto bring the poor bird a drop of water. Then hestretched out his pretty wings and beat the airfrantically with them; his song changed to amournful piping, his little head sank down… … Not till the next morn did the boys come ; andwhen they found the bird dead they wept — weptmany tears — and dug him a neat grave, whichthey adorned with leaves of flowers. The birdscorpse was put into a pretty red box, for he was tobe royally buried — the poor bird ! While he wasalive and sang…
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