ep working hke two sails, and he gets over theTound so fast that he would soon be out of sight if he ran in a straight Hne. 190 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. But he is so foolish as to keep running from one side to the other. Thehunter, meanwhile, rides straight on, and when his horse is knocked up,another… … ^h/r./:-^^^^ Vi- THE AMERICAN OSTRICH. One more thing we might tell you before wq bid good-bye to the ostrich. If he chances to live near a cultivated spot, he is not a very pleasantneighbour. He will go striding on his long legs into the fields of grain, andpick it all out, leaving nothing but the…
Birds -- Juvenile literature
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