AS FREE AS A BIRD. 



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him to be wide-awake, but he does not borrow trouble. 

 When it rains, he hides in some thick shelter ; when 

 it is cold, he fluffs out his feathers ; when the sun 

 comes out, he sings again from joy. A poet once 

 envied the fishes their " sweet, silver life wrapped in 

 round waves," but a bird has all the pleasures that a 

 fish can enjoy, and the sun, the warmth, and song 

 besides. 



Fig. 28. — Cedar Bird. 



