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thereafter. The various activities of the wrens, their greetings, 

 and chattering performances, indicated the great delight they 

 experienced at again having their httle family to care for. 



This narrative would not be complete without mentioning 

 that, in the midst of one of these bird reunions, one of the 

 wrens paused sufficiently long to administer a scolding to a 

 young red squirrel that impudently came to a neighboring 

 apple tree. There was something in the wren's scolding that 

 meant determination, for the squirrel understood and imme- 

 diately vanished in the tree tops. 



