Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 58
ery playful and af-fectionate little pet. Mr. A. Radclyffe Dug-more tells of a very interesting one he pos-sessed. While I am writing, he says, apet one, but three months old, is sitting on mypaper, seeming to wonder what I am doingand why I do not play with him. He nipsmy pencil, but I pay no… … THE BLUEBIRD OFTEN CHOOSES A HOLE IN AN OLDFENCE-POST FOR ITS NEST. like a flash, and, hovering, more like a largemoth than a bird, he perches on my finger,singing at the same time a soft little song thatis his method of speech. HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES.
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