BIRD STORIES 



Near Ardea's Home. 



laid tangled up in a mass is the way they build! Yes, 

 that is all — just some old dead twigs. I mean that is 

 all you could see; but never think for a minute that 

 there was n't something else about that nest; for Ardea 

 and her mate had lined it well with love, and so it was, 

 indeed, a home worth building. 



In less than a week there were four eggs beneath the 

 white down comforter that Ardea tucked over them; 



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