Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 207
him the nightbefore. The bird was shy of strangers, but would come whencalled and alight on the hand of any one of the family ;would jump to the shoulder and while close to the facemake sweet, low notes. In the fields, he would go with us to catch bugs andworms while we gathered the wild flowers,… … PETTING THE LITTLE BROWN BIRD AS ITSITS ON A WIRE FENCE. his long journey to the far South ; but we look for his re-turn with the other birds that belong to our yard whichbuild, year after year, on the same twigs. Carey Hatcher (age 13). This surely is an interesting experience intaming a wild…
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