8 STOEIES OF BIEDS AND BEASTS 



grubs ; " dogs have bones to eat and I like to pick 

 bones, especially in winter." 



u Me too," chimed in the Nuthatch, who walks chiefly 

 head down and wears a fashionable white vest and black 

 necktie with a gray coat ; " and sometimes they leave 

 bits of fat about. Yes, dogs are very friendly things 

 indeed." 



Then a joyful murmur ran all along the wires, and 

 Farmer Griggs, who was driving past, said to himself, 

 " Powerful lot of 'lectricity on to-day ; should think 

 them S wallers would get shock't and kil't." But it 

 was only the birds whispering together ; agreeing to 

 return to their old haunts at Orchard Farm and give 

 the House Children a chance to learn that there are 

 no such things as " common " birds. 



