WHAT I HAVE DONE WITH BIRDS 



TYPICAL CUCKOO NEST 



"A mere handful of twigs, loosely laid flat on seemingly the slightest founda- 

 tion, with maple blossom lining" 



thickly leaved, cool places, where moss and wild flowers cover the 

 damp earth, where silence reigns and solitude is unbroken. It is 

 from such places that the weather prophet booms his never- failing 

 predictions of rain, which for this reason sound so startling. I 

 think of him as very near to the heart of nature, slipping grace- 

 fully through his green haunts, and colored like the young tree- 

 and bush-stems, and the half-faded and withered leaves about 

 him. Never a feather out of place, and what delicate shades of 

 color make up his suit ! 



There is a hint of leaves in the greenish satiny reflections on 



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