| Show AS VAIN AS A PEACOCK I Our favorite ta and much petted peacock I Ican I can be kept happy nn any length of time looking at his lila reflection In the thc wIndowpane window pano pane or In a 8 looking ln glass plass lie comes coms In I Idall dall dally daily to tea making no mistake about the tho hour and spends much time en on route rout In gazing at himself as ho h appears In tho the glass of the French windows by which ho enters tho room One side of or our garden barden Is bounded b by a l public footpath which we wo reach b by a stile On Sunday Sunda afternoon afternoon after after- noon this path Is greatly frequented and bird his the top I our takes up position on an of 01 the stile In good time on that afternoon afternoon after after- I I noon but seldom on other dams he hears I yo voices Ices no doubt to hear hrar himself admired ii by 11 tim the passersby lie He hangs h tall tail over oer tho the fence tence to th the thu best advantage ha lie knows his lila name and will stand still a a. long time 0 or 0 show oft off his tall for fOt warm wann wor words s of at admiration He tie eats from rom our hands and If wo forget him for tor a n. minute he will snatch the cake cako or bread before It can reach our own mouths mouth If Ie I am sewing and dd ld not speak to him when he conies comes Into the room he will wilt gently put his head quite close almost touching m my ring or needle for er he likes bright things tilt till ill I have to give up un working walking and talk to him hini himas hinias as with a small mall child chillI whom ono one Is III afraid of ot pricking Ills mood varies toward our two hen henr sometimes s being patronizingly affectionate sometimes rather tyrannical In tho ho nesting season lie he roosts by him him- In a separate po ro lC tree a and nd does dON not be betow bestow bestow be- be stow tow the slightest fI attention on them when they sit or 01 when their chicks arc aro hatched out On the tho other othel hand th they eat or wander wander wan wan- der about unconcerned when he mie spreads his tall and demands their admiration In Iii n nth th th tho spring Often the they them will not give she him him one inc glance In halt half an all hour They get be behind behind behind be- be hind him so as III not to see nee him and ho he Is kept perpetually turning and twisting London Spectator |
