Show L i 4 ELVES AND ORIOLES q 1 I urn am very fond of your feathers said mr orchard oriole ah ab thank you dear mate said mrs orchard oriole 1 I dress so slin simply though well I 1 like it said mr air orchard liard oriole there Is nothing about your costume that deenis too simple for me in fact when I 1 saw liow how lovely you looked this spring I 1 could not resist asking you to be my mate you just suited tile me you wore were all than an oriole could ask for arid and I 1 dont believe you can say day that I 1 was anything but very devoted oil eh sirs airs orchard oriole chirped softly you tou were very devoted yes indeed site she said mr air orchard orioles are always noted for being tre tremendously nien devoted during the mating season though ive heard they could be quite i cross if anyone annoyed them so agreed mr air orchard orioles hut ift my dear to return to the subject of your frock or feathers I 1 think you dress quite perfectly never will I 1 forget how my heart went flutter aflutter a when I 1 saw you and how I 1 burst into song when first I 1 beheld you in the orchard with a lovely dress of olive green which looked so 0 o much like the early spring leaves and it Is as becoming to you as sever ever ah youre a dear mr air oriole said mrs orchard oriole and we have a happy home we she asked 1 I think its so nice to have such a long nest as we have its almost like a deep bag and freshly dried gross grass Is such good material tor for a nest much better than straw and sticks our orchard home Is very beautiful it Is agreed mr air orchard oriole kotlier Mot lier said little oliver oriole wont you tell me what I 1 was like when I 1 was a little baby all ah yes sold said mother oriole you were one cue of five little bluish white 1 I think you dress quite perfectly spotted eggs scrawled all over with black M marks arks now your sow coat Is very unlike your sour fathers in fact no orie one who know would take you for ills his son next net year jear you iou will wear veur a suit like my dress and you will be given a handsome necktie like your fathers and the year following that you will be allowed to wear a beautiful chestnut and black suit such its as your daddy wears wid and that will bo be the sanie same way with your sour brothers who are off hunting for worms lit at this moment 1 11 I have an invitation to give ghe you sir orchard oriole said to his mate te ive been saving it ns as a surprise olt oil tell me said sirs airs orchard oriole the elves sald mr orchard orl oil ole have we invited us to sing tor for thelt big concert the hie baltimore orioles are asked as guests olt oh indeed said mi mrs orchard oriole that quite too thrilling for words yes said sir mr orchard oriole for the eles sold said tint that while our cousins his the baltimore orioles wore wo remore more brilliant plumage we had far or richer ric ter voices wonderful said mrs orchard oriole how much we have to be thankful tor for beautiful voices are better than beautiful frocks and feathers in in my y opinion and in is the opinion of the elves too said mr orchard oriole proudly also in my mv opinion said little other oliver oriole chirping brightly |