MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 83 



up among the vines. The supposition 

 was, that the bird would think there was 

 an effort to trap him, that there was a 

 man behind, holding up these garments, 

 and would sing, as he kept at a 

 distance, &quot; You can t catch me with any 

 such double device.&quot; The bird would 

 know, or think he knew, that I would 

 not hang up such a scare, in the ex 

 pectation that it would pass for a man, 

 and deceive a bird ; and he would there 

 fore look for a deeper plot. I expected 

 to out-wit the bird by a duplicity that 

 was simplicity itself. I may have over- 

 calculated the sagacity and reasoning 

 power of the bird. At any rate, I did 

 over-calculate the amount of peas I 

 should gather. 



But my game was only half played. 

 In another part of the garden were other 

 peas, growing and blowing. To these I 

 took good care not to attract the atten- 



