OUR COUNTRY LIFE 



shoulder, but birdseed and water were kept in the 

 cage and the door open all day long. She would 

 hop in and out at her pleasure. So knowing was she 

 that I could put my face close to the open door with- 

 out disturbing her, but if a hand moved toward the 

 door she was out in a flash. Within three weeks Nan 

 tired of the cooked food and began to take care of her- 

 self. Peanuts she would not touch, but almonds and 

 pecans she liked, also hempseed, lettuce, celery-tops 

 and grapes. All fruit in the room had to be kept 

 covered, or she helped herself. She knew perfectly 

 well the food she liked the best, hempseed and pecans; 

 if I offered her something else she would shake her 

 head and gently but decidedly peck at my fingers un- 

 til I conformed to her desires. 



As soon as she could fly, big branches in leaf were 

 brought in and kept by her window, but she scorned 

 them, and if placed upon the twigs instantly flew off, 

 preferring the solid footing afforded by window ledge 

 or chair rail. Evidently, too, she feared the moving 

 leaves at first, and even when accustomed to them, she 



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