THE SPARROW AGAIN 53 



Because lie was brought here from England. 



We have many sparrows of our own. 



They are not more beautiful, perhaps. 



But some of them have very beautiful voices. 



The English sparrow can chirp. 



He cannot sing. 



He can only scold. 



THE SPARROW AGAIN 



nuisance country chatter caterpillar 

 different damage prosper 



The English sparrow is a nuisance in the 

 country. 



He fights with the smaller birds. 



He keeps up a chatter that bothers the larger 

 ones. 



And he eats a great deal of fruit. He will 

 seldom touch a caterpillar. 



But in the city it is different. 



No other birds will stay there. 



So people are glad to have even the sparrow. 



To be sure, he does some damage. 



He sometimes eats the young tree buds. 



