MY HAPPY FAMILY. Y3 



their greater friendliness and intelligence. Perhaps, 

 as some have said, a fish diet promotes intellectual 

 activity in human beings, but it certainly is not so 

 with birds. 



My mocking birds, who had established their 

 home quite close to the hut, were most precious to 

 me. It may indicate a degree of false pride, perhaps, 

 for me to assume that the " mockers " took delight in 

 my society ; but their actions seemed to show it, and 

 that's all I had to judge by. 



All the day long and far into the night, they 

 poured forth their delightful songs. As their nest 

 was built in a low tree close to my hut, 1 watched the 

 progress of their domestic arrangements, and 1 am 

 sure I was as glad as they when their first brood was 

 successfully hatched and launched in air. 



From this account it will be seen that I was favored 

 with the best of company, and I used to think, with 

 Crusoe, that " it would have made a Stoick smile to 

 have seen me and my little Family." 



