Show THE SPARROWS AND A CHRISTMAS CHRISTl TREE Mr and Mrs Sparrow lived back ofa of or ofa a n. blind bUnd and while they many times Umes went to bed hungry in the winter the had always protected them from the wind But the night before Christmas they were rUde rudely awakened by someone unfastening the blind end nd closing It It was bad enous enough when you were fast asleep but butto to bo 0 without a a. home homo on a cold night like that was dreadful Mr and Mrs Sparrow flew to a nearby tree and waited and pretty soon all aU was still and the light at the window went outI outI out I will fly ny over and see what is left I of or our home said Mr 11 Sparrow Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per haps wo we can car crawl 1 In through the shutters and keep warm until daylight day day- lIh light t. t In a minute he came back and told Mr Airs l Sparrow that he ho found they thoy could get et itt hi back of the shutters and It was nice and warm there as well It H was even better than Mr Sparrow Sparrow Sparrow Spar Spar- row had at first thought for when the two little birds were on the tho other side of ot the closed blind what should th they discover cr but that the window was a 11 little way up from the bottom And J best belt of th the room Into which the window opened was a beautiful tree treo filled with all sorts ur nice things to eat Mr 1 and Mrs Irs cow flow to 10 the tree and were soon bus busy eating fru fruit t tand and candy and popcorn What Whal kind kindor of or a tree treo do you ou think this Is Inquired in inquired inquired In- In Irs Sparrow Mr Sparrow was so busy eating ho he could not stop to reply but they soon oon had a no good supper and then found a warm place to go to sleep leep in im In a n. branch close to the tto tr trunk of tho the tree It Il was hardly daylight when again Mr 11 and Mrs Sparrow were awakened by hearing hearing- voices and peeping out they sa saw two little girls standing In inthe the tho doorway dooray looking at tho the tree Santa Glaus Claus left us lots ot of presents pres pres- said one but I do wish Ish he had waited wafted to wish us a merry Christmas Mr and Mrs Irs Sparrow were not at atall ataU atall all aU afraid of children so they both bristled their feathers and gave ga thorn thorn- selves sel a shake and said Tweet tweet Tho The children stared at the tree and then one little girl saw the birds Oh look sho she c exclaimed cl pointing to tho the sparrows There are aro two Christmas birds I guess uess Santa was Ina Ina in ina a hurry and could not wait walt for us to get ct up so he asked the birds to S1 say merry Christmas to us When the tho window was oJ opened ned wi wide do Mr and Mrs Sparrow quickly flew out but plenty of ot crumbs crumb were put on the sill and all day they had a feast There was nas cotton placed where they could get It H It and before night they had hada a better home than ever and all aU winter winter winter win win- ter lon long the two little girls threw crumbs in the yard every day for the birds to eat Of Ot course Mr and Mrs Sparrow did not know it was Christmas but the two little girls had hall the tho merriest Christmas Christ Christ- mas M ever making two little birds happy happ h app Copyright ht 1920 b by the McClure Newspaper News- News I pa paper r Syndicate New w York City |