The Bluebird 



H. Marguerite Hess 



Lyons Falls, N. Y. 



I^like all seasons of the year and can see enjoyment in all kinds 

 of weather. But who is not thrilled much when on an early day in 

 March, the earth looking drear and forbidden, he hears the first 

 greeting of our brave little "Herald of Spring," the bluebird; 

 whose slight, sweet song gladdens us in lulls of the March gale, 

 bidding us be of good cheer, and telling us spring will soon be here. 



Without the bluebird there would be no spring and no reawaken- 

 ing of glad new life. God must have planted in the heart of this 

 first bluebird a seed of optimism, and the flower of hope; for he is 

 the sunniest, cheeriest little herald that ever carried good tidings. 

 And he comes to teach us this greatest lesson of life ; that of hope, 

 and trust, optimism and good cheer. 



The male bluebird usually preceds the female by a week or two, 

 and her final advent is the occasion of beginning courtship, and a 



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