Show WHAT THE SPARROW SAW I have seen Been strange sights eights today aid a a. sparrow at IL he perched on a limb be beside another sparrow What have havo you OU seen asked the second see sec ec- ec ond sparrow I I 1 saw two to poor children You can cnn eo those thoRe every da day said tho the second sparrow r U 9 J l d e I I. row But these incas children were thought ful tul UI of ot othe others e even n though they were ere very po poor at Tn about bout it it Til tell teil you ou Te when hen tho the snow was falling fast rut I 1 went behind a broken blind on a IL tenement house houle I saw aw some somo rag ropa r ga sticking BUcking out ofa of ofa a broken window and I flew new to tho the sill elli and began begun to pick at them when I heard hearda a voice 8 Bay sa Oh look there l a s a and and two children came to tho the window They looked cold and hungry but the boy hoM name was Johnnie said Poor bird out In tho snow non storm TIo Jo must h bo cold An And 1 perhaps h he Is hun hungry ry said Id Nellie eUlf let tet ua WI give him some me of our dinner r. r We have havo only two pieces pice of bread said raid Johnnie but we 9 can give e the poor sparrow a part pert of ot ofT tt I T 41 new flew aa away for tor I 1 did not fee feel sure nure of their generosity hut but from b behind tho the blind I 1 saw Johnnie open the window and Nellie put pieces on the sill then the they pulled off ort pieces piece of ra rocs rags and nd put them in a a. corner of ot th till the window frame so KG o I could get them When hen I flew fie back to the sill lU I 1 heard d Nellie say We e will wrap tho the blanket around us ua and save the tho coal coat coalso so 10 wo 0 can have a firs fire when mother comes homo home perhaps she ahe did not find rind work and she will mil bo ho cold I 1 wish Ish we could have something hot for tor her supper saId Bald Johnnie but if It she found work she ahe will bring somethIng and we e will make her sit alt in a chair like a queen and well we'll cook it and play ilay Playe we e are arc areher her pages Do look nt at that sparrow said MId Nellie Nettle he is III picking the tha rag in pieces I flew new back of the blinds with witha a piece of ot rag and when ben I came oune back to th tho sill Nellie was telling Johnnie that tho the Bible said not a n. sparrow fell to tn o tl too e round ground without our Heavenly Father it and that the Bible also alao said that if sr he took care of the sparrow he bG would take care of ot his people I t do not think they were ere cared for or said tho second sparrow Watt Walt and see said Nold the first sparrow Just then a a. piece of bread tell felt to the street treet and dropped in front of an old gentleman man and when hen I flew down dOw to pick ft tt up h he said laM laMe Well e 11 welt well 1111 Tho The poor are arc the one that give Ive of ot their substance Ill I'll watch where that bird go goes gocs So I flew back to tho the window and tho the children children chil chil- dren iiren Were there laughing because ullo I I found IT my crumb I waited and soon eoon R a a knock came at atthe atthe the door Johnnie opened It and there stood the old gentleman Did you oU feed teed th the th sparrows he asked coming comIns in and nd closing th the th door M Yes Yas air said Johnnie Where Is your mother asked the old gentleman told him she Bhe was wan II out looking 1001 for lor work ork And your father ho inquired where here Is he heZ Father is 15 dead Johnnie told him Have you OU hAd your dinner the tho old gentleman asked lUke Nellie Yes Ye sir she replied What did you have be 18 asked d. d Some Soma brea bread answered Nellie And yon you part of that to the th th sparrow said ald the old gentleman You are pretty good 1000 children I J am glad g I have found such bl big h hearts In such euch little bodies Ill I'll be beback beback bebock back bock soon he said aId as he ho went out you almost freezer freeze said the second spam sparrow listening lo ID lathe the tho cold 7 Oh I 1 kept hopping around and th Mi MiI I went T behind the blind when whon the old gentleman went out Did he hc come conic back bader asked the tho second sparrow who was Mas very ver much interested b by this time limp Yes Yen I h heard rd the tho door close and I flow flew In hack to th the sill He lie hod had a man man with him who was as unpacking tw two large baskets There was wa a all I kinds kind of food tood And And In in afew a afew few minutes minute the door opened and a man mati came in with coal coat and wood You never saw w two children as h pleased Now w WI we can have a hot Irot supper Slipper for Cor or mother Ule they said Yes Yea said oaid tho the old gentleman n and anel andI I 1 will stay slay and help you OU 1 But what hat do you OU suppose those children chil chU- children dren did They camo caine to the tho window andI and put out a heap hoop of crumbs for Cor or mo me I No Ne o. o said MId tho the second sparrow did they really reany Yen ell the they did end and I heard hud Nellie say We must feed teed the sparrow first for if tr it had not been heen for tor him we should not have had nil nfl these nice things By BT and by their mother came in She Bhe hadn hadn't t found work and she ahe Jook looked d tired but she was WM so 80 surprised to see aee the old gentleman and tho hot supper that the tired look disappeared Then the children chil dren dran talked so lO fast Cast that I 1 could not hear much more but I 1 know the old gentleman gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man is going to take them to live with him because he ho needs a Do housekeeper housekeeper and the children school are going to I 1 you ou had better watch and ie sea letl where they go eald eaid the second sparrow You with will Ill always have havo something to eat If IC you OU go gt tl to them I I shall said tho the first sparrow b because be be- cause causo I 1 feel fed that tho the children and I 1 had bad the same sami good intentions in our heart hearts 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