THE ROBINS GO A-TRAVELLING 



her side) coming in with an occasional 

 thumping bass-drum or squeaking bag-pipe 

 effect. 



These were no doubt Dickie's halcyon 

 days. He loved his little feathered friends 

 and revelled in his occasional hours of lib- 

 erty. He learned to know me also and even 

 to eat from my hand, but he never became 

 perfectly fearless. 



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