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by the River of Wyndygoul, and the Blue 

 Jay could not reach it then ; he only got 

 wet in trying. 



But one night, when there were three 

 more eggs, and the Wisest Phoebe was sit- 

 ting on them, a great Mink put his head 

 out of the water and gobbled up Phoebe, 

 eggs, and all. 



And the next morning there was only 

 one little Phoebe-bird with his nest, and 

 that was the Foolish One that knew he was 

 foolish, and that built in the porch of the 

 house that stood on the hill that is close 

 by the Lake of Wyndygoul. And he 

 sang all that spring, and his nest was soon 

 filled with growing little ones. And they 

 got bigger and bigger, till they were too big 

 for the nest; and at length they all fledged 

 and flew, and lived happily ever after in 

 the trees by the Lake of Wyndygoul. 



Moral : Wisdom is its oivn reivard. 



