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A Tale of Two Martins 
they were soon to find out that it was 
no accident ; for as fast as they built, the 
hateful broom knocked down all their 
patient work, until at last they had to go 
elsewhere. 
A new nest was now begun on another 
house, and presently, after some inter- 
ruption from boys throwing stones at 
them as they worked, they had it 
ready. But,alas! another disappointment 
awaited them of quite a new nature. 
One fine morning, when they came back 
after a short hunt for feathers, they 
found the nest—their nest—occupied by 
a sparrow. For some days they had 
noticed him sitting on the gutter over- 
head as they worked, and had been 
annoyed with his impudent chirpings, 
but had been too busy to think much 
about him, or to dream that he intended 
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