Show bully sparrow tries to drive skimmer sparrow from home by bf THORNTON BURGESS 0 F NE of the queer things about v 7 wronging another is the feeling that you do not want to see theone you have wronged anywhere about that is one of the ways conscience pricks now you think from the way he acts that bully the english sparrow has any conscience perhaps he know he has himself but just the same he has everybody has nobody is so bad that somewhere down deep inside there is not some good and conscience is this good trying to make itself felt now you know that bully and mrs bully had boldly robbed skimmer the swallow and mrs 7 11 bay beautiful eggs they broke rny my beautiful eggs moaned little mrs birs skimmer skimmer of their home poor skimmer and his little mate had bravely fought all the long morning trying to get their home hack back but it had been of no use and now almost heart broken aching and smarting from their wounds they sat side by side on a dead branch of an apple tree where they could see their lost home its no use to try to get them for they are stronger than we said skimmer sadly but it if we watch maybe they will both leave the house and then we can get in it if we once get in I 1 think we can keep them out my beautiful eggel they broke my beautiful eggs moaned little mrs skimmer and torn that nest we worked so hard to build all to pieces never mind said skimmer trying to comfort her it if we cant get our home back there are other houses we can move into and ill work twice as hard as I 1 did before to help you build another nest hello 1 what does that wretch want now mrs skimmer looked up to see dully flying in their direction they have long to wait to find out what he wanted he flew at them savagely a little feathered fury get out of herel herd get away from the old orchard and stay away I 1 dont want to see you hanging around he cried you see bully had guessed what was in their minds more than that he knew right down in his heart that he had done done them a great wrong and though he the least bit sorry he like to be reminded of it by seeing them about that was the pricking of his conscience though bully would not have admitted it so having done them one wrong he made up his mind that he would do them another he would drive them out of the old orchard altogether you will find that almost always one wrong leads to another now skimmer and mrs skimmer had no difficulty in keeping out of bullys billys way for you know they are wonderful fliers while bully is slow and clumsy but every time they tried to alight for a moments rest bully drove them into the air again he gave them no peace finally they were obliged to leave the old orchard altogether though they did not go far then boasting loudly bully returned to the house he had stolen and which mrs bully had not left unguarded for a moment there they noisily talked it all over and planned to begin building their own nest at once 1 I guess they wont bother us any more chirped bully ive driven them out of the old orchard and I 1 guess had all the fighting with me they want there is nothing like being bold my dear to get the things you want in this world which goes to show that bully believes as a great many people seem to that might makes right of course it and in the end no good comes of it VT T W burgess Bu service |