XVII 
HIS KINDNESS TO OTHERS 
Brrps are helpful to each other when in 
trouble. If a robin is in distress, other robins 
will come to see what is the matter, and to help 
if they can. And not only robins, but catbirds, 
and orioles, and chickadees, and others, will 
come, too. 
Sometimes when a person tries to rob a nest, 
all the birds near will come in a crowd, to drive 
away the thief. They will cry and scream at 
him, and sometimes fly at his face, and try to 
peck his eyes. 
Birds are so little they cannot fight a man, 
but if they can peck at his face, they can hurt 
him, and if they really get at his eyes, they can 
put them out. We cannot blame the birds for 
trying to protect themselves and their young, 
and it is well for boys to be careful how they 
disturb a nest. 
One way it has been found out that birds help 
each other is that when a man wants to know 
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