A GIFT OF THE BIRDS 33 



young ones were old enough to become self- 

 supporting all of them were given their freedom. 

 During my last two years in school the work be- 

 came so rigorous that I could not care for my pets 

 and make a grade that would pass me, so reluc- 

 tantly and not without many tears all of them were 

 trained to become self-supporting and given their 

 freedom. 



