THE ROBINS GO A-TRAVELLING 



to give her the idea of starting housekeep- 

 ing there. She worked with bill, claws and 

 wings at the arrangement of things until 

 lunch-time came; then she jumped down 

 and rushed into her cage, always in a hurry 

 as usual. It was while raising her head, 

 after taking a sip of water, that her eye fell 

 on the building material on top of her cage, 

 visible through the wires. 



She had hardly made the discovery be- 

 fore she was up on the highest perch, drag- 

 ging strings and rags down through the 

 bars. When she had gathered a load al- 

 most equal to her own bulk, she tugged it 

 out through the door, and up on to the roof 

 of her cage, where she again worked it into 

 some sort of shape. 



She evidently felt that she had struck a 

 mine of supplies, and such a busy time fol- 

 lowed. The performance I have described 

 to you was repeated all through the day 

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