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One day the father of the children came home 

 very much pleased. He said he had bought a 

 present for them. lie had not brought it with 

 him, and he would not tell them what it was. 



That afternoon the present came home in a 

 wooden box with slats across the front. It was a 

 wild oroose which he had boueht from a man who 



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Graywings and the Stranger. 



had trapped it. The children's father said he had 

 bought it as a mate for Graywings. 



The little boy and girl were delighted. They 

 thought how happy Graywings would be to have a 

 companion. They could hardly wait to take it 

 out and put it in the cage with her. 



But what a disappointment ! Graywings did not 

 seem to like the stranger at all. If it came near 

 her, she threatened It with her open beak. She 



