that ladder, 
rung by rung. 
The young king- 
birds were now 
so large they 
completely filled 
the cup of the 
nest, and their 
heads and _ tails 
extended over 
the sides. They 
did not need to 
be brooded any 
longer, so the 
mother was not 
with them, but 
was roosting un- 
. . . . with all the stealthof aleopard . .. 
der the thick she climbed that ladder . . . 
AT 
