was Put out to Nurse 
fine baby in the wide world ; her husband 
was just as foolish as she was, and 
between them they spoilt him so, and 
worked so hard to get him enough food, 
that they were busy hunting caterpillars 
from the earliest morning until quite 
late at night, after the bats and nightjars 
had come out to catch the night-flying 
moths and other insects. 
At first the young cuckoo, though so 
big, was, in truth, not very handsome, 
except in the eyes of its foolish foster- 
parents. It had a great red mouth 
which was always open wide for some- 
ting to be put into it, and a round 
stomach which was always hungry. If 
anybody had looked at its feet they 
would soon have known that it was not 
really a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hedge- 
sparrow, for they were quite differently 
211 
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