o came hopping towards the breakfast ; and 



after her, in a long line, five little Killoo- 



^i7/oo/eef, leets, hopping, fluttering, cheeping, stum- 



i^j(lff/e bling, — all in a fright at the big world, but 



V^/ce ^^^ ^"^ ^ desperate hurry for crackers and 



porridge ad libitum; now casting hungry 



eyes' at the plate under the old cedar, now 



stopping to turn their heads sidewise to see 



the big kind animal with only two legs, that 



Killooleet had told them about, no doubt, 



many times. 



After that we had often seven guests to 

 breakfast, instead of two. It was good to 

 hear them, the lively tink, tink-a-tink of 

 their little bills on the tin plate in a merry 

 tattoo, as I ate my own tea and trout thank- 

 fully. I had only to raise my eyes to see 

 them in a bobbing brown ring about my 

 bounty ; and, just beyond them, the lap 

 of ripples on the beach, the lake glinting 

 far away in the sunshine, and a bark canoe 

 fretting at the landing, swinging, veering, 

 nodding at the ripples, and beckoning me 

 to come away as soon as I had finished my 

 breakfast. 



