THE WESTERN ROBIN. 49 



If a robin snatches at a worm, and the worm 

 resists, as who would riot? the robin and the 

 worm part company somewhere. Usually it is 

 in the middle of the worm. Robin swallows his 

 share, and the worm's own share of himself dis- 

 appears deep in the ground, out of sight arid 

 hearing. By and by his wounds heal, and he is 

 a good fat worm again, as long as any other 

 worm, arid as good eating. 



Should robin lose both pieces of a worm that 

 is bitten in two, there will be two worms in due 

 time, able to come out on a wet night and look 

 around. Should the two meet, they will not 

 recognize each other as having been just one 

 worm some time back. Robin will eat them both 

 in good time', if they don't watch out. 



But robin has his turn at bad luck. Chip- 

 munk, who loves fresh eggs for breakfast better 

 than he loves anything else in the world, keeps 

 one eye on a pair of robins at nesting-time. He 

 sees them getting mud and sticks, and he laughs 

 in his sleeve. He knows what they are getting 

 mud and sticks for. Arid he knows just when 

 the eggs are all laid. Some bright morning, 

 when robins' backs are turned, the eggs will dis- 

 appear. 



This little red rascal with a striped back loves 



w. s, K. VOL. 9 4 



