PATTESON 



THE BLUEBIRD'S HOUSEKEEPING 



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Both Parents Were Carrying Food to the House. 



Evidently those inside had heard and understood, for pres- 

 ently another appeared at the opening, and without as much as 

 stepping on the porch, flew straight to the fence shrubbery where 

 the mother was trying to attract the first one. 



By this time father had arrived, and his notes of surprise 

 at what had happened brought two more out of the house, one 

 of whom flew on the bungalow roof. The other, trying to fol- 

 low him, was less sure of wing and fluttered to the ground, where 

 he was picked up and taken to his brothers in the fence shrub- 

 bery. Father then went to the one on the bungalow roof and 

 coaxed him up into the maple, while mother stayed with the three, 

 and instantly the calling ceased. The parents had their young 

 where they considered them safe, and didn't think it wise to 

 advertise the places. 



As for the house, it was deserted, and the Bluebirds' beau- 

 tiful housekeeping was at an end. 



