How to Attract the Birds 



then dropped onto the piazza floor dead from fright. 

 The conscience-stricken girl ripped that gull off her 

 hat at once, but five cold little eggs followed it to 



Five cold little eggs followed it to the ash barrel 



the ash barrel the next day. Now she watches the 

 birds from a distance through an opera glass. 



WHEN CHARACTER TELLS 



One might tell no end of stories to show how 

 the birds, like human parents, fail or succeed in 



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