CHAPTER V. 



THE MUSIC-MAKERS. 



|ID ever it enter into your 

 head or, rather, into 

 your heart to thank 

 God specially for the songs of the 

 birds ? 



Consider for a minute how greatly 

 the world would be saddened for us 

 if the feathered folk went dumbly 

 through the year. They might do 

 their bird-businesses equally well 

 those birds that cannot sing fill 

 their appointed places perfectly 

 but their songs rejoice us, as do the 

 colours of the flowers; and the 

 music comes as something extra in 

 life, something given to us for mere 

 delightsomeness. 



