Show II III I I IO O II I I I D II i it I Inns U III I I I TIlE TIIE YOUNG ROBINS ROllINS ROBIN was raisIng her first MUS MIts famIly and she was so worried for fear the they would not all be plump and well that she worked her poor little self nil all but to death Better take It easy Grandma Robin from a twig above e You will have plenty more to cure care for tor you OU know so why hy work so hard over o this family when Is no need for It But ut dont don't you see how v dependent they asked Mrs Robin with a worried look as she fluttered and bobbed about the nest full of wide wide- open mouths The They have never eaten anything but the nicest st worms and It ItOh I 1 x I rf Oh Look at Brother I do d not hunt and get thE very best they wont won't eat them These children are from most you must see that No I do donot not replIed Grandma RobIn They are like all others other They will let you ou take care of them and demand the best very ery ot of everything every every- thing as long as you ou are silly enough to lo 9 It It Is time they were leaving the st and hunting worms and bugs f es Take my advIce and push them out and off flew Grandma Grand ma ma Robin over the road to the woods Olt Oh hoW cnn can she be so heartless chirped poor tired Mrs Robin Push my darlings out ot of the nest Indeed I 1 shall do no such thing These children chil- chil dren are so different from most birds They must be given I en especIal care but butI I 1 must admit I 1 nm am so tIred I cannot annot look for another worm Mrs Robin tucked her sleepy little littlehead littlehead head under her wing and w went nt to sleep and her wide mouthed children loo looked ed at her In astonishment Ye We are hungry they piped We want more more fat worms But t their moth mother r was too soundly sleeping to hear them One ODe bold stretched his ned meek and squirmed himself to the top of the nest Then he stood on the side of It and lifted urrea his wIn wings s a little Ol Oh look nt at Brother chirped one lie He Is going to fi fly All the little ones began to stretch and squirm now and the next thing tobin Robin knew he was sitting on n a lower limb of the tree feeling a bit shaky lie He had been pushed oft the nest Prett Pretty soon the others tried their wIngs and when Mrs Robin opened her eyes a lIttle later there was not nota a In n the nest Oh my Rabies I she began to cry Something tins hns carried them oft off Hush chIrped Grandma Robin who had bad returned and was watching the Dont you see them down on the ground They a are re find I In lag worms for themselves they have just been fooling you m my dear Oh yon YOG d clever Yer little things chIrped Mrs Robin flying down to her children You are the smartest bIrd bIrd- lings In the world HoW dId you learn to fly Wt Y were hungry pIped the dill chil- dren Besides we want to s see e the world And up they flew V and Into the woods I Mrs Robin began to cry and down lown flew fiew grandma to console consol her Goback Go back to your nest and lay some more eggs saId you rou fly away from frolD your mother and her nest and build one fur for yourself and Mr Robin RoLIn 9 les es of course replied Mrs Robin through her tears nut But my children were so different front from other I didn't think they the would leave leav me me meNo Nu No mother does said Grandma Robin This was your first family After you have raised a few more you will get used to It an and find out too that an all children are arc just as you were You let your mother feed an rind the first chance yott 1 0 had to try your wings away you ou flew I never thought ot of that before replied Mrs Irs Robin Hobin No one oue ever do does s until their first brood leaves the nest answered wIse grandma That Is the way we under stand some things ExperIence Is a ahard hard teacher but a clever one one Q by McClure Newspaper Syndicate |