MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



selves, 'had absorbed much of the water, 

 and she was literally drenched to the skin. 

 Chupes had gone on with his preening and 

 pluming and was soon as dry and glossy as 

 could be; but poor Jenny shivered and 

 shook, and only regained her spirits when 

 the sun had thoroughly warmed her. 



Not one thing did she do toward arrang- 

 ing or oiling her feathers. She seemed to- 

 tally ignorant of the provision kind Nature 

 has made for such emergencies, and the fol- 

 lowing day, when bath-time camie, no ex- 

 ample of Mr. Chupes', no coaxings or in- 

 ducements on our part, could prevail on her 

 to jump into the basin as she had so fear- 

 lessly done on the first occasion. 



It seemed an unkind thing to do, but I 

 knew that the little bird must be kept clean 

 in order to be healthy, so I put her in the 

 Uasin and washed her thoroughly. She ap- 

 peared as doleful and injured as she did 

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