A BIRD STORY 79 



A BIRD STORY 



ONE spring day, a pair of birds who had 

 never seen a winter came to our fields. 



One of the birds began to sing. Then the 

 other bird said : 



" Who told you to sing ? " 



He answered : 



" The flowers told me, and the bees told me. 

 The winds and leaves told me. The blue sky 

 told me, and YOU told me." 



Then his mate said : 



" When did I tell you to sing ? " 



He answered : - 



" Every time that you brought in grass,, or 

 hair, or feathers for the nest. For I felt so 

 happy that I must sing." 



By and by there were five pretty eggs in the 

 nest. 



Then the happy birds looked down at the 

 people who passed by, and felt sorry for them 

 because they were not birds. 



One day, when the father bird came home, 

 the mother bird said : - 



"Oh! what do you think has happened?" 



