Show awni ag aff I 1 e lairy lai nary graham donner onner A LOVELY PLACE now some borne boys and girls want to know ab about ou t the lovely sun parlor a lady had for birds she had bad the roof of her house made into a sun parlor there were little trees all aro around und and moss and little pools of water which she had fixed to make look as much like the out of doors as possible the sun parlor che had enclosed in glass of course the glass made the sun shine through all the brighter and she had bad little wee doors that the birds could get through but so BO small th that at a cat could never get into this bird home as you know birds hate cats and are terribly afraid of them as they have every r reason eason for being nervous oh it was a lovel lovely Y I 1 lobely place ro but still more bonde wonderful was a big cellar where all kinds of good apples bread crumbs more water and countless goodies were kept the faly lady had it all so beautifully arranged as to the route the birds could take to get from the root roof to the cellar in the sun parlor were tunnels which led down into the cellar and the birds used to love to go through these dark p passages into the place where all the goodies were kept at first the birds were tempted temp ted into their winter home by the bread crumbs that were in n the sun parlor for of course as aa you can imagine it took the birds some time to get used to a beautiful summer home in the winter winte r that was really just juit tor for them soon soo n though little birds know when people are being kind to them and where they may expect kindness and help and bread crumbs the news spreads around birdland very quickly of course the lady let all the birds who wanted to come in have just as oh it was at a lovely lovely pla place 0 good a time and stay just as long as they wanted but she especially wanted to help little sick birds who had perhaps fallen out of their nests and who could not be watched over all day long by the mothers who had to think of getting food and all such things as breakfast for her other little children one day the lady came across a baby robin whose family had arrived before the warm warin weather ta the baby robin had fallen from its nest and very gently the lady picked him up and took him to the sun parlor the mother was crying nearby tor for she saw her baby being taken from lier her and she help at all but she sow saw from the top of n tree just where her little sick baby was taken now how happy and relieved she was for fo r of course she had to be in her nest w with th all the other little robins but she sang every day the roost most wonderful songs for the lady who watched over her baby robin until it was quite strong and able to hy fly it was a lovely lonely lovely place as all the birds knew |