Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 90
f the eggs should getcold the baby-birds would die. The father-bird comes and sings tothe mother-bird. She is very patient.Day after day she sits there. In about two weeks she hears a littlepecking sound. The baby-birds areknocking to come out. Soon the shellscrack and the birds are in the nest.•… … WATCHING THE ROBINS. Soon the feathers grow longer andthicker. Now they are strong enoughto fly. They stand on the edge of the nest.They are so afraid ! The father and mother fly about them.They chirp and call to them. I suppose they tell the little ones notto be afraid. Soon they will fly away.…
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