Why the Chickadee Goes Crazy 

 Once a Year 



LONG time ago, when there 

 was no winter in the north, 

 the Chickadees lived mer- 

 rily in the woods with their 

 relatives, and cared for 

 nothing but to get all the 

 pleasure possible out of 

 their daily life in the thickets. But at length 

 Mother Carey sent them all a warning that they 

 must move to the south, for hard frost and snow 

 were coming on their domains, with starvation 

 close behind. 



The Nuthatches and other cousins of the 

 Chickadees took this warning seriously, and set 

 about learning how and when to go ; but Tom- 

 tit, who led his brothers, only laughed and 



355 



