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while it is not often that one sees the old 

 grey bird, although its call sounds everywhere 

 in the country. No doubt those young 

 cuckoos which live to moult into the grown-up 

 dress and come back to us in the next spring 

 have learnt a great deal when they were in 

 their winter quarters in Africa ; and especially, 

 what their real parents have never taught 

 them, that it does not do to be too tame, a 

 lesson which even the London sparrow takes 

 care to give its little ones as soon as they 

 leave the nest for the wide world. 



