CHAPTER XXI 



HUMMERS AND CHIMNEY SWEEPS 



THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD 



" It won't be dark for a long time yet," said Dodo, 

 after they liad driven silently for a couple of miles, 

 watching the clouds against the tree-tops 

 and the Swallows that were out in full 

 force, sky-sweeping for 

 their evening meal. 



'' Are you growing 

 sleepy ? " asked Olive. 



"No, only terribly hun- 

 gry ^'^ whispered Dodo, 

 as if rather ashamed of 

 the fact ; " and do you 

 know, Olive, after din- 

 ner to-day I told Olaf I 

 never should be hungry 

 again, because I ate so 

 much chowder. After 

 we had driven awhile I 

 thought to myself, ' I 

 shan't want supper to-night anyway.' Then pretty 

 soon I thought, ' I shall want sui)per,' and now I want 

 it right away!'' 



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Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 



