Show Tale 4 APY a THE LITTLE BIRD He was a n little bird and he e had been hurt Oh he didn't know how L. L badly hurt he was He Ue felt as though 1 Pt e er everything r dreadful dread Ii ful was happening all aU at once nn and as though It were keeping on and I 4 k one on I e He was in the ther r road 0 a d struggling around In In Inthe the dust He did not seem to be able to get on his legs 1 His legs simply IA 1 seemed to have no noI nor r I strength in th them m. m PR 1 Nor did he seem to be able to You Poor Little Bird stretch his wings What had happened happened happened hap hap- to him His heart was beating so BO o fast He struggled one way and then hen the other He Ue could not get his balance f An And more big automobiles would be becoming becoming coming Homing along along they they were coming coining up the road now Dear dear this was dreadful Why hy hadn't he lie gone to the country as S some of his friends ha had suggested This city park was no place for a n bird The lawns had been nice and the Trees trees rees had been nice But Dut there he had gone down Into the be road for a n moment and an nn automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile had come along and had almost al almost almost al- al most struck him It hadn't really struck him but It almost had He wasn't quite sure Whether whether It had or not really For the fright had bad been so great that he bc had tumbled down into a a 31 h heap p pon on the road rond and had been struggling ever since to get up I He Just couldn't do a a thing He seemed to feel so weak Oh how that automobile had come toward I him m Yes he had escaped being hit but the tho whizzing of the car and the fright had i left ft him there in the road I Hadn't they seen what bad had happ happened hap hap- p ned j jOr j I Or were they too anxious to go on Perhaps they had saved two minutes by hurrying on and perhaps to them two vo vo minutes of hurrying meant more more than the life Ilfe of a little bird I This was a very sad world I Struggling to to get om on his feet I His His' wings Ings Hopping flopping I was Just too d dreadful j I jAnd And along the road came another i big car It was vas ahead of all the othera oth oth- era eis rs and ver very close to him This would be the end This would the b be the end for a n. little bird t Would Woul l the they get out of the way for forone forA lonc one A ie little bird What would It mather mat- mat her tr r to them If one little bird was Ilk lIed There were plenty of birds ey would say imy and he was only an ordinary little bird Ird He was not beautiful His voice was nothing remarkable Proba Probably ly at atI I me ne e glan glane they would be able to to tell f his Is The little bird had lost a great rent 11 I ILI eal leal of his faith In human nature if People hurried hurrIed so The They hurried so 1 hat the life of a little bird meant tr-n tr to them And And then then then- lIe closed his eyes H He could not m- m ear to see the end And then he felt 5 something about him wasn't bin wasn't it itS S' S SUI Surely I this could not g those terrible wheels he had been o t Inking would go over oyer him 1 Id He lie blinked open an eye ee fl L trie And And then he heard heald a voice You Vou poor loor little bird are you hurt I r rell lIe I Veil ell well we'll see what the trouble Is It jie He opened both it ites ites jes es Ills heart as S beating fast ast hut did this this' lean an I ills head bead was 11 stroked by hy byJ J- J soft beautiful It and and he was p carried back bacle GO 1 the automobile Et t bad so dread dread- It was stand stand- g by by the side ts I the road away awny ru it t of the c center Y r ren here ere he lie had hade e pen en n They had hadd d ne aside for tor forAnd He Chirped the la m Best Little Best Little Song And nu I th the e one w who h 0 b I 1 9 He Knew r is holding hIm him r is saying to the one In the automo- automo o le le e No Iso I don't dont think he Is really tie je rt t. t Hes He's Just frightened out of his Ills hisor II B i or r little wits Jl gently Gently the they stroked him and talked 19 l tm m And then lien the hand was vas opened I a h Id Il and with strength which h had hade d e me e to him the little bird flew off fY Js the branch of ot a tree safe and quite I Il l t b again And there he lie chirped l i V t best little song he lie knew of ot gratl- gratl 1 it f quo c. c 0 fo |