Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898 · Boston : [J. Wilson & Son, University Press] · leaf 38
a tree to build their home ; And while they kept within They did not care a pinFor any roving sportsman that might come. Their family of five Were all happy and alive ;And Mrs. Rook was careful as could be To never let them out, Till she looked all round about.And saw that they might wander far and… … But one fine sunny day,Towards the end of May,Young Tommy Rook began to scornher power,/^ And said that he would fly Into the field close by,And walk among the daisies for an hour. Stop, stop ! she cried, alarmed, I see a man thats armed,And he will shoot you, sure as you are seen ; Wait till he…
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