Show Daddy's Daddys 1 B I W I ir Tale I GRAHAM BOWER n h vault union THE SOLOIST The birds had begun their early morning concerts They had been practicing for tor their grand rand concert of ot the season which they had hud given that morning and ond which I am nm now going to tell you shout about They They- had been practicing hard every morning The vireos having such lovely vely voices and being devoted to music got It up and made matte all ail the arrange meats ments The day before the concert they scratched signs on the trees which In the bird world read Concert In the village park tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row morning LOoming at nt six All those who are taking part will of ot course be present Those Thoe who are not taking part will willbe willbe willbe be Invited to attend Splendid music Good seats I Feature of concert to be he the solo solo- solo solo- 1st The name of ot the soloist will not nol be made known until the concert All the birds were tremendously excited excited ex cited when they read that for It was wn all a surprise e arranged by the vIreos They were the only ones who knew knew who vho the soloist was to be At the rehearsals even the soloist had not appeared At last the time for tor the concert came All the birds were up very I I l I J M t Srn d ti ai nu nur r J Jr r rt t r They Scratched Signs early that morning fussing to lock their very best Most of the birds birds' sat at around on the grass but SomE somo of them had reserved reser boxes in the trees The program for the concert was delightful The robins sang In chorus as did the chirping sparrows The warblers sang quartets and duets Several of the chickadees gave little lIttle little lit lIt- tle solos The thrushes and the vireos appeared many times on the program The They were encored again and again and were greatly pleased The was to appear the very last A vireo came out and announced to the audience that the soloist being slightly nervous would not stand before before be be- fore tore them and sing but would Fould sing from a very short distance Then they heard from a neighborIng neighbor- neighbor Ing tree the strange lonely song of ot the lie He sang his song several times Umes over and the applause was terrific The birds were charmed absolutely charmed The whippoorwill was very modest and didn't see why they liked his solo at Rt all nIl lIe He ha had l really been very shy about appearing at the concert But he was encouraged by the vireos who as a arule arule arule rule are nervous too when they thet appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear in public At the end of ot the concert a Vote Tote of ot thanks was given the vireos for tor the crowning success of ot their concert and nd an additional vote of thanks for tor their splendid soloist |