Show P dada s I 1 r 1 1 11 c 9 tale al alp e A t ft mary GRAHAM THE BALD EAGLE its an honor the greatest honor the very ery greatest honor said the bald bagle tit in the zoo what to Is such an honor asked the other birds nearby dont you iou knoerl asked tile the buld I 1 eagle a g I 1 e it if we tto knew wo we ask said the other birds that you should know simple enough to understand true and I 1 understand why you vou ask it Is because you do not know tile lie lidid engle continued it seemed strange to tile 1110 at first to think that tiny of you know that was why I 1 asked ou in such a shrieking tone of voice you may have noticed my voice was quite shrieking when I 1 asked the ques tion we did the other blada answered then you ion will toll tell us they added 1 I will tell you said the buld eagle we are waiting alt ing to hear sald paid the others 1 I will not keep you waiting long said tile the bald iagle fugle 1 I will tell you iou tit at once continue or rather begin or at least go on sold said tile other birds the eigle eagle sit sat high up on ills perch and said As you ion see I 1 liae have a white head and tall I 1 eat cut fish and I 1 lovo love the wit wa I 1 kp k P dont you know asked the said bald eagle ter fisli and water go well together you yo u know fish go in tile water aud and the water Is ever ready for the fisli elsh to swim about and have pleasant little drinks and does anything it cun can in its wa tery way to be obliging 1 I also care for some smaller birds and dont care if I 1 kill them for wo we kill smaller creatures to look after ourselves we kill for food not for idle cruelty 11 the other birds nodded their heads front from side to side and tile tho eagle continued the little ones arent as beautiful its we grownups grown krown ups are they have to grow and copy us ila tor for soine time before they actually become like us its rut but you nil all look and net act rather impatient birds and so I 1 suppose I 1 had better tell yau something you dont know 11 so far I 1 have only told you what I 1 h know now that you know I 1 must tell you about the honor yes that la Is what we especially want to hear tile other birds urged yes you all want to hear what it Is I 1 consider such an honor well I 1 will tell you at once i I 1 think it well to tell you a good deal tin about myself so you will know me well mid and understand me tito bald eagles of which family I 1 nm am a proud member are tho the birds bird chosen as well its such an honor it elmost ni most makes me burst with pride and of course I 1 dont want to do that ive never actually burst with pride yet nor have any of my family in fact though ive heard creatures say that tit they y almost burst with pride I 1 dont believe there Is 13 it aitio on oil record that la Is the way to talk if you want to impress creatures with the facts you b know now where any one tins has actually burst with pride 1 I cant quite picture any one bf becoming so proud that all of a sudden ho bursts I 1 but 1 I along with others cant help saying I 1 almost burst with pride tile the american national emblem I Is nn an eagle you know and what kind of wi an eagle do you suppose was chosen tile the eagle wait to let the other birds say it but hastily wont went on the bald eagle family were chosen to be the emble emblem tin birds and were called the birds of freedom not only by ourselves but by the country over which we clyl |