his attitude arc known to every one. He stands, hishead a little raised, his wings drooping, his mild, pleasant eye beaming withintelligence. Sometimes he spies a worm wriggling in the grass, and he givesa hop towards it, and pecks it, and devours as much as he can. Then heresumes his former… … ^i^S^^Wp^-s^llli THE NIGHTINGALE. 78 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. If you are digging in your garden, he drops down silently close besideyou, so that you can almost touch him; but if you look at him, he hops onto the railing, or to some safe place. The next moment he is down again,looking for worms. Though…
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