II I 



Sally. She called them Miss May and Master 

 Donald. 



One day Master Donald brought a hairy terrier 

 Into the room with him. It barked at me and 

 frightened me so I beat myself against the bars. 

 My mistress made him take it out. At first he 

 would not, but she told him that this was her room 

 and her bird and that she would not have me 

 frightened. Then he was angry, too, and he did 

 not come any more. 



One day, after my mistress had cleaned my cage, 

 she fastened back the door and so left the cage 

 open. I thought she had forgotten. I flew down 

 and looked out. Then I hopped outside. 



She did not try to stop me. She was sitting 

 close by with some sewing. She laid her sewing 

 down and watched me. 



I looked all about me, putting my head first on 

 one side and then on the other. 



How strange it seemed to be outside the bars ! 

 I could see from the window the sky and the tree 

 tops. That was where I belonged. 



I spread my wings and fluttered toward the 

 light outside. But at the window I struck against 

 something. I saw nothing, but something was 



