THE CHEERFUL CHICKADEE 



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wall looks an apple-tree, and as we tramp by on the 

 snowy road we have only to pause at that point 

 and whistle to bring a whole flock of chickadees into 



On blackberry stalks by gray stone wall the chickadees are 

 conspicious objects 



the branches. They are the only live things visible 

 on the white face of nature. They come down into 

 the low twigs quite close to us, and pretend that all 

 they came for was to pick off eggs and scale. They 

 hop busily about, their little bills tapping, their 



