27. WHAT ROBIN TOLD. 



TTOW do robins build their nest ? 



Robin Redbreast told me. 

 First a wisp of yellow hay 

 In a pretty round they lay ; 

 Then some shreds of downy floss 

 Feathers too, and bits of moss, 

 Woven with a sweet, sweet song, 

 This way, that way, and across : 

 That 's what Robin told me. 



Where do robins hide their nest ? 

 Robin Redbreast told me. 

 Up among the leaves so deep, 

 Where the sunbeams rarely creep. 

 Long before the winds are cold, 

 Long before the leaves are gold, 

 Bright-eyed stars will peep and see 

 Baby-robins one, two, three : 

 That 's what Robin told me. 



Geo. Cooper, in Little Flower Folks, 

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