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Show Here's a ' Bird . for You to Draw; j He Struts and Makes Irene Laugh; yS RENE wia 3 years old and she VI was a wonder, not only being such a pretty, llttlo girl that ovcry one stopped to look at her on tho strcot, but sho had J such a swcot smllo and such a y--OvS' fetching way with her. that s ovcry ono was drawn to her. Irene had never been In tho country until this summer and she found. It a. perfect fairyland from tho first day she saw tho doves out of her window whon sho waked up In the morning until tho last day of hor visit, when sho bado t good-by to tho speckled pony that carried hei to tho station. But tho greatest fun Irone had was among tho feathered folks of tho barnyard. Evorj morning oho would get up early and go out bo-foro bo-foro breakfast In hor little, bare feet to heir Maggie feed tho chickens. Sometimes the chickens bit at her little toes Instead of the grain, and thon sho would hop away and the chicken would look vory mucli mortified whllo tho old roosters would scold furiously, for even tho chickens were good tc Ircno nnd must have loved to havo her with j 4z thorn. Ono day she was toddling away through the bushes and came upon a nest filled with queer brown spotted eggs and she was delighted wltli them. 'TJon't touch thorn, dear," said the nurse, "becauso the old mother hen, whoever sho , may bo, will como and find thorn gone and sho will bo very sorry." So Ircno did not touch thorn, but sho thought about them all day. In tho i opening she was walking out, dressed In her , pretty white frock with pink ribbons. Sho had L put on her little pink hat, with pink ribbons and a bunch of pink flowers on It, and sho looked ' too sweet for any use, hor nurse said, as did i every one eluo who saw hor. ; And then sho camo upon tho neat with tho eggs, spotted with brown In them, and sho decided de-cided that she would tako oho egg home. So I sho took off hor llttlo bonnet and put the egg 1 In it, as In a baskot, and swung It by the ribbon ' from her arm and started off. "Gobble, gobble, gobblo," Eald a great big ! bird right in front of her. ; "Gobble, gobble, gobble yourself," mlmlckett Irene. Then the big bird spread Its tall, and It walked so pompously that Irene stood and laughed, and laughed, just as you see hor In tho picture And If you connect tho dots, beginning begin-ning with one, with a line, you will havo tho plcturo of tho big bird that Irono met. Do you know what It Is, and can you tell somothlng of Its habits? Irene, having onco made its acquaintance, ac-quaintance, trlod to learn more about It. She found that big bird as It Is it likes to go off by Itself, and profcrs to lay its eggs In quiet, un-frequonted un-frequonted places. ninlH that are domesticated are called fowl, and thoy como under tho general name of poultry, poul-try, but Irene was not Interested In such terms and loved tho blggoBt as well as tho least of tho barnyard fowls. But this biggest of them all was not always In a good tomper and when It saw Ireno mocking mock-ing It and laughing at It, although she had no I intention of hurting Its feollngs, and was really only trying to play with It, tho big fellow grow very indignant. He spread his tall, elongated his neck nnd thrust out his head, and tio more ho did It tho more Irene laughed. Then' le r'uKhed right at her and tumbled her over n tho- road, her pretty pink-ribboned hat undor hor. He tlcw down tho road gobbling louder and louder, but the sound growing fainter and falntor as he ncarcd tho barnyard. Eut Ircno picked herself up and thon sat down and laughed again, It was all so funny. |