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The Robin family had l.iv.d quite happily in their snug neat high on the electric light pole near Lau- rie's house. The four youngsters had grown so big and so 1ast on all the worms and bugs their par- ents had fed them. that they had crowded one another out of the nest. Then Mrs. Robin had coaxed them lntoothe big maple tree close by. That had been a safe com- fortable home for them, and the little ones had learned to fly by go- ing from limb to limb. When Mrs. Robin had picked that pole for a place for her nest. she had had that maple tree in mind for their- summer cottage. You see how wise the was.

And another reason she had built

I e , , 0 3 lig l -. ' . , V By Thorton W. Burgess

BUST!-JR HAS THE KNOW HOW

You can or can't. You never know Until you try which one is so.

void Mother Nature. No one really can afford to make

mistakes, but with some folks mis- takes matter less'than with others. Lezist or all can the smaller peo- ple of Green mistakes.

the Green Forest and the Meadow: afford to make with them what seems

near the Brent house was that they like a very small mistake may cost

had cherry trees in their back yard. Robina love cherries just as much as little boys do, and this morn- ing Mr. and Mrs. Robin had taken their family over for a cherry pic- nic. They were enjoying selves and having a fine time un- til Janice came out to chase them. In the fright and sudden ex- citement. Robbie had fallen from the tree down to the ground. He could not get his wings to work right. and there he sat and called for help.

Mrs. Robin had landed the others safely back in the maple tree when she heard Robbie's call for help. Back she darted, but she kept out of his sight. She wanted to see if he could learn to get himself out

World to make a self, had found a neighborhood that he was sure was the very place he mam" had been looking for. a garuen. a big garden, with the most delicious ever had tasted. Of course he llilll no business ill that garden. but he didn't know that. reason why he shouldn't eat those plants. To him they were Just food, in this respect not different from the clover of the Green Meadows: To him there was nothing eating all he wanted of them.

a life.

Buster Chuck, out in the Great home for himv There was

things to eat he

He knew oi no tender grasses and the sweet wrong in

So he decided he would make his

ll ”0”ble' home right ne.ir that garden. Not

"Chirp. chirp, help, Mommy tit-lp." he called again.

"Fly up. Use your wings to push yourself up in the air," scold- ed his mother from a branch above his head.

''I can't. I'm afraid I'll fall a- gain." Robbie protested.

"Come on, try!" urged Mr. Rubin as he hopped down lower too.

The robins were making quite a fuss with their chirping and scold- ing, so it's no wonder that some- one else heard them too.

Velvet, Janice's black kitten. had been curled up asleep on the back steps. But when Robbie's chirps had sounded out so shrilly, the cat had got up very quickly and quietly. '”l"hat's a young robin." he purred to himself. ”Perhaps I'll have robin pie for dinner." Hc crept down off the steps and a- round the corner. The grass was :ut quite short, but Velvet crouch- ed low as he sneaked along.

”Kree-ee, kree-ee, chirp, chrr," virs. Robin sounded her warning. I'hen she flashed from her perch

finding house anywhere he decided to dig a new one. No, the young chuck never had seen a new house dug. In fact the only digging he ever had done in his short life was when he

knowledge name. It is called instinct.

an empty underground

cleaned out the filled-in back

hall of an old house in which he

had lived for a short time. First he must choose the place

to dig that new house. It wouldnt do to dig it just anywhere. Such

a home might not be safe at all, and safety was his first and great- ost need. It is so with all the furrcd and feathered folk. He spent some time looking for just the right place. How did he know what kind of a place would be right? The knowledge was born in him. It was something he didn't have to learn. It was El kind of special which has a special

"I mustn't dig right out in the

open where anyone happening along

this way can see me or my home

right down to the black cat, She after it is finished," thought the beat his head with her wings as young chuck. That was good com- Il'lP swooped low. Father Robin man game, Dorm you mink .07

was right behind her and he did the same.

Velvet had never met anything like that before. After all, this was his first summer. and he had never chased a bird before. But no birds had ever chased him either. The wher'r of their wings made a roaring in his ears, and their sharp raps on his head really hurt. He forgot all about robin pic. He turned and ran. Father Robin chased him. swooping low as he flew back and forth above the cat, until Velvet crawled in under the back steps.

Mother Robin went back to poor Robbie, shivering in the grass. "That cat almost got you. Now come on. Push yourself with yotir feet, and try. Your wings will lift you the same way as they carry you when you go from branch to

ranch."

Robbie tried. He gave a little jump and flapped hard. He lifted

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There were no bushes near to hide his doorstep and doorway. There was only an old stonewall I little distance away. It was an old wall and some of the big stones between them here and there, and the young chuck explored all of them until

he found one that led right down to the ground. He spent some time down there. He went outside and looked things over on both sides old wall.

"This is the place," he decided. himself up, but fluttered back down again.

"That's better. Try again," en- couraged his mother.

Robbie drew in his breath. He bent his feet low, then pushed hard as he made a quick spring. His wings spread out, and, wonder of wonders they lifted him into the air. He kept them going until he was safe on the limb beside his mother.

”Thcre! you did it." his mother praised him. "I know you could if you really tried. And now you'll always know how to fly. Let's go back to the maple tree."

Robbie did not stop now. He knew just what to do. He flew straight to the branch where the rest of the family were gathered in the cool shade of the big green leaves.

"I can fly! I can start and stop!" he chirped happily. "It took a bad scare to make me do it, but I can fly now."

"Yes," replied his mother. "Vel- vet almost had you for dinner, but you escaped. Allls well that ends well. "And we'll go back again

"I'll start digging inghere and I'll dig down and out under these stones. I'll have two doorways, one opening on each side. Out of one

t .x . X - 4 V with R1. J y r -, l Ill. H ll'll:iI I -x'3X'Ji XX Then he started digging and how he made the sand fly.

I'll push all the sand. The other I will have hidden in the longest

grass. No one will see that one. That is what I will do. Maybe I will have even another doorway. But

that can come later. There ll no hurry about that." Then he started digging and how he made the sand fly! He had the know-how. He certainly had the know how. He was born with it.

Page 12 ' The Gnardlln Tuesday, August 10, 1954

NEW HAVEN W. I.

The August meeting of the New Haven women”: Institute met at the home of Mrs. Roland Buoliansn Jr., with an attendance of ii mem- bers.

The president occupied the chair. Roll call was answered with a dime realizing the sum of 51.10.

New committees were appointed as follows: school. Mrs. Louis Dar- i-ach and Mrs. Foster Macxinnonz program. Mrs. Thomas Deveieaux and Mrs. Stanley Newman.

Correspondence was read and dis- cussed including I receipt from the "Red Shield Appeal." one from Kathleen Henderson regarding the orphanage appeal:

it was decided to make a quilt for a family stricken by fire; also to send I treat to the teacher who underwent an operation. It was also decided to invite a neighbour in- stitute to the September meeting.

An interesting account of the annual convention was given by the president.

The next meeting is to be held at. the home of Mrs. Louis Derrach. Lunch committee: Mrs. Hugh Mac- Donald and Mrs. Alton Newman. Roll call is to be answered with ..i "fish pond."

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