Show l t f kt O 00 00 1 II 0 au R CHI L D RE N 1 S PAGE PACE 0 I II II IJ aa II 00 00 IC f C rT LITrE fi t CUCKOO J j vv fit EXCITING EX EXPERIENCE 1 r. r l i 0 CU Cuckoo IC O Sparrow palT row W Wa was vas not nil Y very l' l old TL l 1 ind d having ha h been 11 four but a a. t s short hort time this y HP of ot hl his hla hest I he WiN was pet per DS more venture some than wise 1 oo u day noticing N some tall church irs s l s arid and building buildings a lon long distance AV py from 1011 the giove e of trees lives in which r 11 lived II he conceived the Idea of oC UH lo to them OWl and satisfying lila hh CUlI curty cur cur- I I ty a theist Ilium Hut lut before starting for tho Iho Ito town tOV town town- l- l ft fl town tU it tas a was where the thc church churche i I e and anti hu A Areti were Cuckoo Cuckoo w went wat t to lu 1 the tr tree ire where his n 11 filler lived 11 an and tol told her of his In- In ll journey no Now New nn my d dear lI foolish Coolish son SOli said 11 Tie Sparrow I holding hol up UI a 8 L warning 1 ling dont do elo anything rash cash There into nouns ti v dangers In that strange strange- 1 1 1 ce cc ce and anti many a tl venturesome bird ib fi has Kati guns gun Wryer never returned nit at I beings without wings g walkOut walk Out ui on no long Il legs leg 4 a nd have ha for COI or nests ti s Immense things thins built on till the any g imd 1 Tulle Take your mothers mother's a advice laid ami II be l' l I to 10 live a tl happy un- un un-I un i J life In III tills this l protecting irit forest h bere re foal in plenty abounds where f ft winds count come to In swing us to sleep e l CI cry ery night in our nUl nests and where the then un nit n smiles through the leaves lea at aL early morning moaning Just as ns w we c begin our OUI morning j ont e. e a. a 11 But BUL Cuckoo Sparrow like many anft an- an ft lher awal wayward bird J 1111 shook hoo I his little II 1 i lead Hipped Ills his tall an and Happed flapped his t. t s a as lie Jw said r 4 f Now mamma dear tIar you OU are a hit bit t fashioned and in stay Rut But I It Iy y t brAive and full fun of curiosity t. t to o see tit tilt world I know Imo you ou metal menu Well voll but butT hut but T I Sparrow did not finish the tIll J In lu words but huL from the tho way wayn n which he lie turned hi hl little round j t h t d lo lu one side hl cocked up his Ills eye J his tall tail a and fol folded cl his wings r lt Itt 1 s. s Mamma Sparrow JUt knew ne t t toll lull well I inn l whal hal he lit meant 1 I c Well she sighed If Jr f you Insist i an m going going I cannot prevent IH it fL It for ever el t you yuu left my nest and aid found your 1 4 own food 1101 you Oll have beet been n your you own n r- r r S master mastel All 1 J can say Is s t lh-t you go goIn In fu opposition to my a wish Ish Now mamma dear eal you yon mu must t take takeso so gloomy a view vier of nf my going forth foith Into the world said laid Cuckoo Sparrow When I return you ou will bo be glad I f wont went for 01 you yuu will have the 1 pleasure of lIe hearing about all the strange stange sl sights I shall have ha seen old and of my thrilling adventures So now n adieu leu 1 am oft off r tad And Cuckoo Ou Sparrow lifted huts his strong young wing and anti soared off all to- to to toward ward card the torn u about a tulle mile distant s while his hits poor 1001 mother sat Ml watching him with anxiety In hl her hl heart i lL It did not take tuk Cuckoo Sparrow so tZ long lo to n cover CU the distance as it would taJ take lake c a IJO boy or 01 girl irl to do so and after aftel i t. t I I Ghoul about ten tn minutes flying Hying he pert perched hIm himself self ul on ohi lh the very Iry top tOIl of a lallI tall lall I church spire and began Jl to to look about him in III the tito streets street below There were st strange beings N darting darling hither fin and thither I sore some disappearing inside those Immense nests n 18 his mother had spoken pul-ien cis of if Jr while 1111 others S k kept coming coining forth from ot other miter lieI nests Some Sane of lr these IW nests ure much larger largel than others other's and all were placed In iii fl rows rO s Cuckoo Sparrow did dill not J know knots no that thai these large h nests were el houses anti and that thal the Ilein beings s darting about In lu anti and out of oC them therm were p peo- peo u I 1111 Hut But was wn as th the case After 1 Cuckoo Sparrow ha had seen all he could Jr from long range without harm to 10 himself h lie he became desirous of or getting gelling a i. cl closer er JIt peep Into one of oC those lug big II nests et 1 Ill III Ju Just t L y l about and see Se if I T can find an opening In III the top lop of of ut them he said to ld himself noon he alighted on min the lit top lOll of or a chimney that cle erected Itself above u tine the sharp comp comb of lC 1 t lW two story I dwelling lIou AhIna Ah ha Ina said Halt Cuckoo Sparrow peeping down Into tubo the Urn dark h hole le that Denied erred to be he hott bottomless what ha have we WI e hers here I do lU believe upon my gizzard that this opening leads Im Inside this big big- nest As I I 1 heat hear no sound O nor see N nn no lI light I J think Ill I'll Just takes n a dip dou n anti and explore exploit tilt the place below And so 0 sayIng say say- lug Ing Cuckoo Sparrow SI he head 11 Ii dou down own n the blare black sout so liu if-liu il l chimney chim lIim hey ney into Inlo a long winding way ay that thaL led lul through the thick wall ll f I tin Ih hou rr M tr r Y y d t T s N NI I c I Tie He soon foil found himself at bottom and aul such a Mack hind dirty place il it was wa all ll with wilh tl queer iier stuff that rattled rallIed whenever el J he be moved mO Then lien he could see through a n. crack crad into a It larger largel larg- larg er el r space whore wore wort assembled a U number num- num her ber er of the Ow immense beings h lie he hind had Fe seen reon n walking about on long lung legs daring dating dari dat- Ing ng hither I and ami thither As s one of oC 1 these hese came quite close to Sparrows Sparrow's parro H hl hiding place the litti lit lit- ilL ilL-I ti tit le fallow becalm frightened and amI decided de- de to get t awu away a as fast fasL as ho could Jut But when lieu 11 he lie looked about for 01 Lh the opening polling through which winch he hl had hall flown 11 dawn own li hi he see sc nothing but hilt inky black blackness nes' nes n he hp ran about his small prison on stilting his body hody against r w Y T I Opened till the dour door and said Soo Son lily Fly I I hoime a again the making nol tress mess o of strange I lII MM t ling illig g stuff l u fr 11 which filch Ich filled the lIw Hour flour of his hia quarters It was ryas this ibis lIol noiSe e that caused certain sudden developments In III Inthe the ca case l' l of Cuckoo Sparrow Now the place wherein the self self- imprisoned bird was waH hopping about so frantically seeking some door fluor of escape escape es es- cape was nothing other oilier than a fireplace fire fire- place which not 1101 then being In use lISI was as half tilled with refuse in III the shape shalle o of ol old I It t was WUI this which made the rustling noise awl aril the rustling rustling rust rust- ling noise note caught the ear cal of a big boy hoy who was In inn the room Just cried d the big boy going near to lo the fi fireplace wh which was ryas closed close by hy bya hya a perforated sheet f iron cover eJ I do believe there is a bird in lit the grate glate Hey there kids go gut shut all the lile doors in the room roost anti and close e the windows Ill I'll let him out In ht the room and ailt then t Il catch him We tte c can put him Inthe In Inthe the old lilt dead mockingbirds mockingbird's ca cage Several H boys hoys and girls had hall been addressed as nit kids ran rail and anti closed the lIw windows 8 an and don doors Then the big ho boy look Dolt ol l the iron shield from flom the grate grale and ami out Hew flew the lie startled Cuckoo Sparrow Spar Spar- row 10 Hound anti and round the room he lie darted his little heart hart palpitating with fear for fOl all those awful beings were WIC frantically n chasing after him And Anti how hot h he II did dd ill struggle le to keep his bis freedom even en after aUlI the children had hall cruelly exhausted ted him a and I III In lay rough Io hands upon upun him bin But limit his fighting fighting fight fight- ing was of or no avail a fur for Ill one hand of the lilt hl big boy closed over O hl his quivering little body hody and h hold held him hint fast ast aiL Git the ca cage l' l the big boy O cried 4 And n the other uthel boys hor and amI a girl gill ran wildly from front the roost room to lu obey olley In do a afew afew few Cew minutes they carte came rushing back huck backwith with whit a rusty bird prison that goes goe by bythe the name of oC cage Into Inlo this horrid wired thing the hl big boy hor putt put the wayward wayward way way- wart ward little Cuckoo Sparrow who now wished with all nil his heart that he had hadnot not noL disobeyed his wise old mother All the scenes or of his happy life life happy happy up till the pre present ent hour passed hour parsed across his minds mind's eye and ami 11 he he- sat drooping and h of oC his heavy hearted in a corner prison For Ial 9 days he moped In the cage refusing to eat cat and drinking only when lien his thirst forced him hint to In n do so And all the time line those horrible beings horrible lo to him those liim-those those boys hos an and the tile girl stood girl stood about his prison pIlson slicking stick slick sticking ing thick their fingers through throng the bars Jal's 10 to puke poke hum him up UI some saying I guess hp hes sick he wont won't and Jio's eat caL nor nOI slug sing an others saying Well c If he lie dies l s well we'll feed Ceet him to the cat eat At last on the f fourth day a of his captivity company In the form fonn of a athan woman than a and a little girl came to 10 1 visit at aL the lile home of or his hiM jailers and for fOl once Cuckoo Sparrows Sparrow's tormentors let JH him alone in ill their excitement U over oven I the arrival of oC company compan Late in III the afternoon after afler- noon the visiting little girl saw w the unhappy un- un un unhappy happy captive p in Irl the cage Sh She went to him an and began to Lo talk tall to t him lihn in her sweet sweet weel sympathetic tlc voice Poor Birdie she said vald aId you yon are aro pining your life lIe awa away In Irl that thaL cage It is cruel to keep you here an and If you'll make e us use of oC the opportunity I 1 am au now going to give you it U will wilt not he be many minutes before you are all in the trees tree and sky ky again Am Ah AIt here Is an open will window oin o in the room Ill I'll set seL your cage near neal It II for just a s second then open n your om door and ull and well you'll ouli un understand the rest But W we must intent be hl quick for fol Ive I've slipped away from fron the children n who cau caught ht you and very crr shortly they'll find me So So here here goes gOts goes goes' As the little girl said I this Ibis site she lifted the ca cage flom fion the hook from which It hung near the window placed place ILon it IL iton on min the open window w ledge opened the cage door and said Shoo Fly Ply home homo again II It did not lIol take a second cond bidding and almost before you Oll could wink an eye poor poni Cuckoo Sparrow was teas going through the air on nu oner er very ery very weak eal wings toward to Ills his home hone In the tho distant green grove e Once or 01 twice the tho half half- star I starved fellow ellow was forced to light In the grass gra vs q nn and gobble up a 3 worm for he found Coun hi his strength had given way ii during his unhappy Imprisonment nn and some nourishment was wa quite lulLe necessary before he hc could ll reach hi his home hone A little later he darted Into the gr great at protecting tree where his hh mother moth moth- er sat bowed howe down own with glI grief for COI she was mourning her beloved thought though wayward son as dead Im home n again mamma dear ear chirped Cuckoo Sparrow alighting on the limb beside o her And what whal is ismore s smore more I T mean to stay slay Ia here too Then the demo dear Mrs Sparrow reared her pretty head opened h her I throat an and sent forth orth the Ow most joyous anti and tin IllIng Ill Ill- Ing melody sh slit she had e ever sung sling An And when her hel ne neighbors g heard hear the tho rapturous rap rap- music they un understood the cause and amid they Joined In the anthem of Mrs Spai Sparrows Sparrow's rows row's thanksgiving till the woods rang and rang again And when they thoy all a assembled to welcome the truant home homo again Cuckoo Sparrow told tol of his terrible experiences in the thc prison on within one of those ho e huge hugo nests nest where dwell thin strange beings taht tahL have o no wings and andall walk all on nn onel el very eler er very long le legs |