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Show 8'aved by a Song. ''Tfll A boy was amusing himself by 'flTafl watching the birds that wore flying VfV around him. At longth a' beautiful V-H bobolink porched on a rough' bough of an applo trco near by, . The boy picked up a stone, and got jftyfl ready to throw It at the bird. The 'sBBTal bird's throat swelled, and forth came x YaVTai tho song: "A-link, a-Unk, a llnk, bobo- iPaTafl ling, bobolink, a-no-sweot, a-no-swcot, ITsVbI I know It, I know It, a llnk, allrik; don't throw it, throw It, throw It." jH And tho. boy did not throw the stone, but dropped It on tho ground. fral "Why didn't you atono 'him, my 'H bo) i You might havo killed him and carried him homo." The Uttlo fellow looked up and re-plied, re-plied, "Couldn't 'cos he sans so." Puck. |