Show SNOW QUEENS QUEEN'S ROBE I GOOD morning Mr Dir Snowbird piped Mr Chickadee as he caught sight of ot his neighbor perched on a n lower limb of the tree where he be had Just alighted Good morning replied Mr Snowbird Snowbird Snow Snow- bird In a friendly tone but I really should not be called by that name Chick as the real snowbirds belong to the finch family and are also called Snow Buntings W t and Snow Larks as ns well as Snowbirds and Snow- Snow flakes So you see I should houd be called by my real name name Junco I knOw you yea do not often otten see Snowflakes they are always In great flocks you ou know and nod andI nodI I am telling you yoo this BO so you will not think I am trying to steal their name Oh you mean those Jolly little fellows fellows fel fel- lows that seem to love the big snowYe snowstorms snow- snow i i h 1 Ye Y bu crag acT storms and whirl about In snowdrifts sometimes diving beneath It to escape from bad Mr dr Hawk re replied Mr Chickadee I os I Illy opo r fly lly as an well as I do o yours yours I guess I will keep right on calling you Snowbird Snowbird Snowbird Snow Snow- bird and If It I am not mistaken we will have plenty of snow In a n day or two and then we will all be ba snow snow- birds Whirr whirr said the wild wind windas as ns It circled about the tree where Mr Chickadee and Mr Junco sat whirr whirr you are quite right Mr Chick we shall have snow In a short time and while the snowflakes seem to dance down from the sky to you I know It ItIs ItIs itis Is the Snow Queen who really shakes hakes them from the tIle long white feathery robe she wears What Is that you are saying about the Snow Queen T Inquired Mr Junco Whirr rr whirr whitt answered the wild wind as It tore the dry leaves from the tree and whirled whined them about like dancing brown elves on the ground below Cant you stop whirring a minute and tell us what you mean 1 asked Chickadee How do you 00 know so much about this queen T Wild wind calmed a little and camo came nearer to the questioning birds How do I know he said Why Wiry shouldn't I know when I always 8 go to meet her I am getting ready now that Is why I Iam Iam Iam am whirring and circling about for you OU can never tell ten Just how the Snow Queen wishes to be escorted from her home away up North Sometimes she comes cumes silently and shakes her feathery robes over the theland theland theland land and then again she chooses to come dancing like a n mad Queen slinking slink slink- slinkIng In Ing her ber robe of ot feathery white until there their is s not t e feather left lert and she basto has bas hasto hasto to hurry home and get another robe So you ou see I have to be prepared to do her bidding and that Is why I whirr and act so wild But If I stay here gossiping I shall not be ready to escort the Snow v Queen so I must be off Good day You watch out and soon Boon you will see the theland theland theland land covered with feathers from her ber robe Aa Away e tr t e wild wind with a l a w r while LIO elO tw I s sat t nr At wondering If It were all true The next day while they sat on a 1 limb talking It over little snowflakes came dancing d down wn about tho the tree They whirled hither and thither turnIng turnIng turning turn- turn Ing over and over before they touched tile the ground It Is a u good thing wild wind was ready for the Snow Queen said Mr Junco She must be shaking all the the- feathers from her ber robe see how bow fast the snowflakes are falling failing Yes and how crazy they act t replied replied re re- e- e plied Mr Chickadee It will not last long for the Snow Queen will soon shake all nil the feathers from her robe und and have haTe to go home for another As Mr Chickadee new flew to the top of ot t the tree trite to sing a mer merry song he ca called led X ti l Vo t i Mr Ir Junco I have hn learned learned- things s since yesterday yesterday that that you OU ore are not the real Snowbird and what snow snowflakes fluk flakes s really are Copyright I 0 f |