Show I Little LillIe Legends L o of Lure use useRY nv RY in In illustrated by li II Sill Q t AM J 1111 i. Last spring Robin Red Breast spent days das and days das fussing Cussing around the or orchard orchard orchard or- or chard trying to find a suitable place Illace to bullet build a nest for fOI Robin Red lied Breast had h lost his little heart to Miss i Brown Breast Ere and had gone Jone so far nM as to ask asle her to be his wife Of or course she had done a H lot of oC chattel ch chattering Ing but finally final final- I ly agreed that lt all depended on what kind lelnd of a n homo home he had to offer The orchard rr wont won't do there're do-there're too many boys bos gathering Jl blossoms and anti fruit decided Red fled Breast so he lie flew Clew Into a tal tall tali olm elm tree Just lust th place he lie ch chirped as he spied a u lovely fork Cork In the branches rl right ht near the trunk of ot the tree So bo he gathered twigs and straws binding them to together tI tightly with bits of or core cord he found round under the tree l From Fromn Froma a neighboring chicken pen he borrowed a few n do downy white feathers which he I carefully plastered In with mud and when It was all finished Robin Red fled Breast flew flow awa away to find Miss ss I Brown Brow n 1 DI Bird Chattering happy as could be the they y flew lIew Into the elm elm tre Well Wc how do you like the love lo lovely nest Ive I've built for you Iou Robin asked ed I proud proudly as the they settled on the end o othe of ot f the limb that held tho the nest th t. t Where h r Is Is It asked Miss s Brown Drown Breast looking all nil around Oh dear me me- cried Robin and h he e nearly carl fell teU off his Cis perch for there she sat within a n dozen hops of oC his nest an and d couldn't aS a- a S t t i r Oli Oh Ili You Sill Silly lIow Fe-lIow You Just dont don't want w to see It it Youre You're ungrateful screamed Rubin ln angrily and he hc flew Clew around Mss Miss Brown Drown Breast in a terrible rage rago and began tearing d th thA petty prett nest to pieces No u telling what might have happened If hadn't peeked from behind a loaf leaf just JUHt thou then and land inquired the cause of oC the racket I 1 expected her at al least to lo admit o it chattered Robin Hobin Red ned Breast But I couldn't see It for the time leaves th that tt hid It cried Miss Mias Brown Breast st with tears In her bright black e eyes ees cs You t want to see sec It if it shrieked Robin Hobin nOh n. n Oh you silly fellow laughed I dee Dont Don't you know she has paid you OU the highest compliment one ono bird birden ca can en t pay another your another your cleverness cle In hiding a neat Robin Red Ilea Breast hung his head He lie looked from rom to Miss 1 Brown Breast How Hunt perfectly foolish o of nie me me cried Robin swelling with pride For Forgive Foro o ome me dear clear for doubting your OUI word and he lie chirped to Miss 1 Drown Crown Bird until sh she shu of or course forgave forga him amid peeked Into tho the nest How stout stoutly it is fastened to the II limb 01 No wind can blow blots It awa away laughed Miss 1 Drown Brown Breast And how firm the weaving wC Tho The best Ive I've ever over overseen seen Heen and such sl lovely soft HOet lining and Brown Breast Breust stepped Into tho the nest and cuddled cu eu idled down fluffing her feathers around her throat Robin Reel Red Breast tilted himself on the branch nearby and lifted his pret t head In song telling every e bird of the forest that Miss lIss Brown Breast had accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac his lovely oly nest and had become his wife Mr 1 and Mrs Robin Red ned Breast lived all summer In III tho old elm tree happy us as could coull be bc and when over o they be heard rd 1 I f two birds discussing the building of ot a n ane anett ne new nett ne nest t the they would tell them what had told them rl right hl The gr greatest compliment compliment com corn you have gave me was W When hen you OU asked me where the nest ryas chirped t Robin Hobin Red Bed Breast f- f |