192 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. 



The thief instantly ran to his hole under the 

 house. But the lady followed him, and soon 

 used the broom-stick so thoroughly about his 

 head, that lie had no longer any power to kill 

 chickens. In his snug retreat were found the 

 greater part of the feathers, and many large 

 fragments of the bones of a small army of 

 fowls. 



