More Tales of the Birds 



prevent the Skylark from taking a flight now 

 and then into the air, and singing to his wife 

 as she sat on the nest below ; indeed, he rose 

 sometimes so high that she could hardly hear 

 his voice, and then the anxious feeling got the 

 better of her. When he came down she would 

 tell him of it, and remind him how dear to her 

 that music was. " Come with me this once," he 

 said at last in reply. " Come, and leave the 

 eggs for a little while. Above the mist the 

 sun is shining, and the real world is up there 

 to-day. You can dry yourself up there in the 

 warmth, and you can fancy how bad it is for 

 all the creatures that have no wings to fly with. 

 And there are such numbers of them about 

 to-day such long lines of men and horses ! 

 Come and feel the sun and see the sights." 



He rose again into the air and began to 

 sing ; and she, getting wearily off the nest, 

 followed him upwards. They passed through 

 the mist and out into the glorious sunshine ; 

 and as they hung on the air with fluttering 

 wings and tails bent downwards, singing and 

 still gently rising, the sun at last conquered the 



