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Show OBJECT STORY SHOWS DANGERS OF SHOOTING ROBINS 'Tli morning in my cherry tree A robin piped right merrily, And from behind the snow-clad ra nge The sun appeared; The azure sky breathed hints of spring, The trees glowed songs they could not sing And though the snow-fields showed no change My old heart, cheered." The above referred tq, robin was was one of the happy birds that was placed here on the earth to help subdue the unpleasant Ihhigs and to do his part in making the earth a more beautiful place in which to live. He and his mate proceeded to build a home. Morning and night they were busy at work. They selected se-lected the place just above our front porch where for two weeks I watched them almost every night after my. day's work was done. Finally I could : ee four ,i:tle heads sticking up o. er the nest. From then on how the Mamma and Papa robins dug worms and gathered weevil of all kinds! They soon left the nest. I would occasionally turn a shovel of dirt and the young birds would pull the worms out of the dirt. These birds were welcome in my garden or any place on my lot that they wanted to go because they ate the worms and insects. One day when I was not home some young boy came by. One of the pet robins hopped towards the boy and he shot it dead with a BB gun. This boy broke two laws. First, (here is a City Ordinance against shooting BB guns in the City limits. The second violation is a Federal law which is contained in the following news item recently appearing in the newspaper. "To orchard owners anxious to protect cherry trees against bird depredations the federal fish and wild life service addressed a wnrn-ing wnrn-ing pointing out that shooting song birds is a federal offense, punishable punish-able by a $50 fine and six months in jail." Parents must caution their boys aainst the shooting of BB guns and against the shooting of BB guns and against the shooting of song birds or the boys might be brought before the Probate Court. FRANK T. MERRILL Chief of Police |