FOUR FEET-TWO FEET-NO FEET. 



GOOD MOTHER EIDER-DUCK. 



What should you think if youi- mother had no blanki 1- 

 to put over you at night, and if she should 

 pull out all her pretty hair, and make } on .1 

 blanket of that ? You would 

 think she was a very kind, 

 loving mother, would you 

 not? And you would be 

 quite right. But still she 

 would not be kinder or 

 more loving than the quiet, 

 unpretending eider-duck, 

 who strips her own 

 soft breast to keep her 

 babies warm. 



In a very cold 

 country, far away 

 in the I^orthern 

 ocean, — Iceland 

 it is called, — there 

 are thousands of 

 these beautiful 

 birds ; wherever 

 you step you find 



one. You would think they would not like to stay where the rivers 

 are always frozen, and snow is on the ground all the long year, 

 with only a few days of sunshine. But they do, because they can 

 be very quiet there, and do pretty much as they like. 



