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N \ Why the Chickadee Goes Crazy 



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X A inquire if this was the Gulf of Mexico. But no 

 one could tell anything about it, no one was 

 ' j\-""N going that way, and the great river was hidden 



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v \ under ice and snow. 



• "j \ About this time a messenger from Mother 



Carey was passing with a message to the Cari- 



YjJ , bou in the far north ; but all he could tell the 



j K ^ • % <0, Chickadees was that he could not be their guide, 



' '/ as he had no instructions, and, at any rate, he 



was going the other way. Besides, he told 

 them they had had the same notice as their 

 cousins whom they had called " crazy " ; and 

 from what he knew of Mother Carey, they 

 would probably have to brave it out here all 

 through the snow, not only now, but in all fol- 

 lowing winters ; so they might as well make the 

 best of it. 



This was sad news for the Tomtits ; but they 

 were brave little fellows, and seeing they could 

 not help themselves, they set about making the 

 best of it. Before a week had gone by they 

 were in their usual good spirits again, scram- 

 bling about the twigs or chasing one another as 

 before. They had still the assurance that win- 

 ter would end. So filled were they with this 



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