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was eager to try it for himself, but seemed afraid 
to plunge in. 
At last the mother flew away and left him 
standing there, and in a moment came _ back 
with a worm in her mouth. The young robin 
was hungry, as young birds always are, and 
when he saw the worm, he began to flutter his 
wing's, and cry for it. 
But the mother jumped into the middle of 
the water dish, and stood there, holding the 
worm in his sight. The youngster wanted the 
worm so much that he seemed to forget his fear 
of the water, and hopped right in beside her. 
She fed him, and then began to splash about, 
and he liked it so well that he stayed and took 
a good bath. 
Birds, as these stories show, teach their little 
ones by coaxing, and not by driving them. 
An Englishman, Mr. Lloyd Morgan, once 
had some ducks and chickens hatched away from 
their mother, to see how much their parents had 
to teach them. 
He found that these little orphans had to be 
taught to pick up their food, and to know what 
is good to eat. He had to show the young 
ducks how to dive, and teach all of them that 
water is good to drink. 
To see if chickens had to be taught the hen 
