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great care of them, feeding them with peas, of 

 which they are very fond. One of them died, but 

 the other grew up, and was a fine bird. Its wings 

 had not been cut ; and as soon as it could fly, it 

 was set at liberty. Such, however, was the effect 

 of the kindness it had received, that it would never 

 quite leave the*place. It would fly to great dis- 

 tances, and even associate with others of its own 

 kind ; but it never failed to come to the house 

 twice a day to be fed. The peas were placed for 

 it in the kitchen window. If the window was shut, 

 it would tap with its beak till it was opened, then 

 come in, eat its meal, and then fly off again. If by 

 any accident it could not then gain admittance, it 

 would wait somewhere near, till the cook came out, 

 when it would pitch on her shoulder, and go with 

 her into the kitchen. What made this more ex- 

 traordinary was, that the cook had not bred the 

 bird up, and the old woman's cottage was at a little 

 distance ; but as she had no peas left, it came to 

 the parsonage to be fed. 



" This went on for some time, but the poor bird 

 having lost its fear of man, was therefore exposed 

 to constant danger from those who did not know 

 it. It experienced the fate of most pets. A 

 stranger saw it quietly sitting on a tree, and shot 

 it, to the great regret of all its former friends." 



One cold frosty spring morning, a lamb, appa- 

 rently dead, was brought into the kitchen of a 



