răb'bits căr❜ry dŏl'lar bôught THE WHITE RABBITS. bås'ket bread One day Robert's father saw a boy on the street with four little white rabbits in a basket. The boy said, "Only one dollar for the four.' Robert's father gave him a dollar and said that he would carry the rabbits home with him. Robert was a happy boy when he saw the pretty little pets. He takes good care of them. He gives them bread and fresh green grass to eat. They like grass and will take it from his hand. They love Robert; he is so kind to them. What does little birdie say In her nest at peep of day? "Let me fly," says little birdie. Mother, let me fly away!" "Birdie, rest a little longer, What does little baby say Baby, sleep a little longer, Till the little limbs are stronger." If she sleeps a little longer, One day in summer Frank and his sister Rose took a walk into the woods. All at once Frank stopped and said, "Come here, Rose, and look in this bush." Rose ran and looked. "Oh, Frank!" she said. "A bird's nest! Let me count the eggs. One, two, three, four. Four little blue eggs! 66 May we take the nest and show it to mother?" "What would the bird do, sister, if she should come back and find her nest gone ? 'Oh, we would bring it right back, Frank. We would not keep it long." Yes, but we could not fasten it in its place again. over, the eggs would fall on the ground and be broken. And then what would the birdie do?" 66 How does the bird build her nest, Frank? Of what does she make it? She uses straw and dry grass and many other things. She lines it with soft feathers." "She must have worked very hard to find so many things and carry them here. And see what a pretty, round nest she has made. How very busy she must have been!" 66 Yes, I think she must have been at work for a good many days to build a fine large nest like this. Shall we take it away from her, Rose?" 66 Oh, no, brother! We must let it stay right where the bird has put it. But we will come and look at it again some time." It was two or three weeks before the children saw the bird's nest again. One morning when Rose was feeding her pet rabbit a little brown bird came and sat on the tree above her. It looked at her a minute or two. Then it flew down and picked up a crumb. Oh, Frank," said Rose, "did you see that pretty bird?" "What bird, sister?" "A little brown bird. It picked up a crumb from the ground, and then flew away with it." |