THE CHILDHOOD OF BIB-NECK 35 



One evening a company of sandpipers and plovers came 

 flying overhead. They called and piped so loudly that the 

 plover family thought it was time for them to heed the 

 warning. So they arose from the beach and bidding fare- 

 well to the waves and the dunes and the nodding sea oats, 

 joined the travelers, and soon all were lost to view, flying 

 southward, southward toward the shores of perpetual sum- 

 mer. 



THOUGHT QUESTIONS 



The killdeer is a kind of plover; have you ever seen one? How do 

 birds teach their young by telling, or by showing them? Why do birds 

 sometimes sit still when danger is near ? Have foil ever seen birds pretend 

 to be hurt in order to attract attention? When? Do you know many 

 birds which leave the country when winter comes? Name some. Why do 

 they go south? 



