ing. As she clung to her precious kitty, she did 
not know that the reason why it was so contented 
to lie in her lap was that, only a few hours before, 
it had enjoyed a fine breakfast on four young 
kingbirds. I hope that she never found this out, 
even after the kind mother of the little boy who 
had made the bird-box came one day in a big 
automobile, and took her away to live in a new 
and beautiful home. 
IV 
Iv 1s certainly true that birds suffer intensely 
when their nests have been robbed; but it is also 
true that they do not continue to mourn very 
long. In a very few days the kingbird and his 
mate appeared to be enjoying themselves much 
as usual. They had been a little late getting 
their nest started that summer, or I suspect 
they would now have built another, and at- 
tempted to raise some more little ones. There 
was hardly time for this now before autumn. 
So each enjoyed catching insects for food, and 
the male looked out constantly to see if he could 
find a crow or other large bird tc chase. The 
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