Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 131
ORIE. By Florence A. Merriam. When our dear bird died, last winter, he hadlived in our family nearly sixteen years. How-did we catch him at first ? We did not catchhim. He came to us as freely as if he hadknown us alway.s, and wished us to adopt him.It happened in this way. It was in the fall,when… … OKIE AT BREAKFAST. by the walk, he saw this bird looking for break-fast as calmly as if he had just stepped out of thehouse for a breath of fresh air. Surprised at the sight of the stranger, theman in passing the tree put up his hand bythe bird, when, instead of flying off in affright,he quietly…
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