the big cat from the house out for a walk, he 
would call his band and they would gather in 
the limbs overhead and pour out a _ perfect 
stream of abuse. There was really no need of 
all this, for that cat was so old and lazy that for 
years it had never tried to catch a bird or even 
to molest a nest. Every time he saw a red 
squirrel running along the fence, or frisking 
through the trees, Robin Hood would begin 
yelling most outrageously. 
When the baby English sparrows left their 
nest under the edge of the roof at the farmhouse, 
Robin Hood discovered them. He pounced 
down upon one little fellow and killed it. Prob- 
ably he intended to eat it on the spot, but the 
outraged sparrows from far and near gathered 
about on the ground and chattered and pecked 
at him until he was glad to pick up his prey and 
fly away. You can readily see that Robin Hood 
soon began to have a great many enemies. 
Il 
Ir was perfectly natural that a bird that 
spent so much of his time getting into mischief 
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