Slfnfl = sliot mmt 75 



will hurt no one and will prove good 

 sport. 



I do not think we usually consider how 

 much larger and stronger than the birds 

 and squirrels we are, when we hurl stones 

 at them. Supposing a giant as tall as the 

 maple-tree in front of your house were to 

 shoot a stone the size of a grindstone at 

 you, out of a mighty sling-shot, do you 

 not imagine it would hurt, if he hit you ? 

 Even if he missed and the great stone 

 whizzed by your head, would not your 

 hair stand up with fright ? 



I remember as well as though it were 

 yesterday, the remorse of a small boy, 

 who threw a stone at a towhee bunting, 

 while on the way to school. The bunting 

 was sitting in an alder bush, cheerily 

 calling " Cheewink, cheewink'* to the 

 passer-by. 



Now the small boy had no intention of 



