which she showed to the timid one and then 

 dropped back in a most tantalizing way 

 did he muster up resolution to take the 



plunge. 



A few mornings later, as I prowled along 

 the shore, I came upon a little pool quite 

 shut off from the main stream, in which a 

 dozen or more frightened minnows were 

 darting about, as if in strange quarters. As 

 I stood watching them and wondering how 

 they got over the dry bar that separated the 

 pool from the river, a kingfisher came sweep- 

 ing up-stream with a fish in his bill. Seeing 

 me, he whirled silently and disappeared round 

 the point below. 



The thought of the curious little wild 

 kindergarten occurred to me suddenly as I 

 turned to the minnows again, and I waded 

 across the river and hid in the bushes. After 

 an hour's wait Koskomenos came stealing 

 back, looked carefully over the pool and the 

 river, and swept down-stream with a rattling 

 call. Presently he came back again with his 

 mate and the whole family; and the little 

 ones, after seeing their parents swoop, and 



