Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 132
ght to us as wefiled up the stairs with our flickering candles. We usually let him out of his cage in timefor breakfast, and he would fly across the hallinto the dining-room as eagerly as if we weredepending on him to carve the steak or pourthe coffee. We gave him a butter-plate, putting it at one… … HE WOULD PERCH UPON THE SHOULDER. bill-of-fare as he went. The butter-dish andsyrup-pitcher attracted him most strongly. Heplunged his bill into the butter as if the Eskimoshad taught him the proper food for a cold winter.The syrup-pitcher was too high for him, but bystanding tiptoe on the saucer…
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