WABBLES 



owned the dooryard, and other birds were 

 trespassers. 



Near my cabin there is a notice posted for- 

 bidding trespass, and it alludes sarcastically 

 to " wood-cutting thieves." This sign was put 

 up because sometimes dead, worthless wood 

 was carried away from the lot. Wabbles is 

 willing that the birds may enjoy the things 

 in the dooryard after he is satisfied, but the 

 human fellow preferred to let the wood rot on 

 the ground. 



The feathered biped's humanity contrasts 

 sharply with the human biped's brutality. 



Mrs. Wabbles soon had four little mouths 

 to feed, and she worked early and late. The 

 heat was so intense that every little while she 

 would seek the shade, and rest with her wings 

 drooping and her bill open. Notwithstanding 

 the strain on her limited strength, she never 

 showed impatience, but was always the same 

 confiding little bird. 



The Wabbles family enjoyed life in the 

 woods. Through the summer and fall months, 

 Wabbles set up a singing-school and trained 

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