Show D A EVEN 1116 niia ca v ui in I 1 FAIRY AIRY TALE TAIE V y mary graham bonner C M U ak RED WINGED BLACKBIRD mr air blackbird was vas sitting tin a stump slump in a marshy little bay lie its as thinking and it was nice to sit there thinking such pleas nut alit tho tights on such it a pleasant day jie he was it if miss redwin winged ed Blach blackbird bird would he hoped sho she would and she had almost almont told him she would at least she told him so for she was too shy and too wal behaved a miss red winged blackbird to be quite so bold cut but somehow lie did feel that she liked him lind lie knew that he liked her so ills his thoughts were very pleasant ind he felt sure that ills his own onvil special little love story would turn out just right ife he going fo to hurry about asling asking aslin askin in tier her this very minute because 11 he e was enjoying thinking about how 11 he e would do it lie stood up on the stump shimp several timos in several different onys first his head cocked to the right then with ills his heild head cocked to the hie left and then with ills his head very straight indeed and lie he sald said over to himself ilass red winged blackbird I 1 love you will you be my mate ali and then lie he practiced saying it this way 1 I love you miss red ned winged blackbird slid and I 1 would be glad to get bugs rind worms for you through life anil and then lie tried how it would sound to say let us share a home of ru rushes aies from this bay and let us bic here on a bu buh it near the marshy bay it is going to be a fashionable bay with many blackbirds living here anil 1 I would like to glye give you a fashionable homo lioni tc then in the distance lie he saw miss red winged blackbird Blaek bird flying oft off and suddenly lie he thought what a silly bird jiu he giad been ile he became quite worried for he wondered it if by any cliance chance any other mr red winged ridged could have live asked tier iier first and perhaps laps she was going olt off to the dressmakers or tile the to have her let feathers smoothed thed for the Nii wedding edding and ills his thoughts became very still sad instead of joyful and he hurriedly left his stump and quickly arose in the air after mias red winged blackbird lie he called a shrill call but she turn around she want vant to appear too anxious to see mr air redwing red wing ei ed blackbird at lust list he had caught up with tier her lie ile was out of breath so fast had lie he hurried but lie he snug saing a beautiful love j long ang nud and sang it with itt a great deal of manner r bowing and spreading ills his black tail and ills his handsome black ingi touched with till scarlet 1 11 I love you I 1 love you I 1 love you he sald over and over again ile he corn com he sang a most beautiful song plemely forgot how lie he was tilting ills his lead head lie completely forgot NN what hat speeches pee hes lie he had planned to lo make he completely forgot everything except miss red cited winged blackbird and that she ole was anas beautiful in a tier her brownish dress with its speckled front and miss red winged blackbird cure care what sort of a I 1 speech he made for she had been dreadfully worried when he come to see tier her but had been sitting on the stump so long ions and so quietly 1 I love you I 1 love you I 1 love you he said again then lie he sang again a nin most t beautiful song ong full of melody and tune and miss red winged blackbird sung san softly in the chorus lie he made a low bow when lie he had finished and said id 1 I NO would uld love to tit nl ways sing for you I 1 would love to always catch bugs and worms ornis for you I 1 would loe oa to always guard the he little bluish white eggs that is when luiere are little eggs to watch and I 1 would love to always care for the when lien there are little til rollings to care for but most of all I 1 would love to always care for thee dear miss red winged blackbird the lovelle loveliest t bird over ever seen for no now nov v lie he was brave lie he knew miss red winged blackbird loved hira him and lie could make ills his speeches and slie site looked at him and said dear mr red winged blackbird I 1 win will come with thee tit at once |