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with fierce pecks, and blows, and bitter sar- 
casms, they fell upon him, and drove him away 
into the solitudes of the forest, and from that 
day no birds have ever associated with Blue 
Jay or any of his family. 
The court now adjourned, and the specta- 
tors scattered in different directions. As it 
was near dark, those who had young ones 
hurried about collecting food for their even- 
ing meal ; those whose families were grown 
up moved slowly away as their fancies led 
them. 
Brown and his wife, accompanied by their 
young ones, now fully grown, and the young 
Eobin, repaired to the thicket in which the 
nest was built. There they assembled in a 
little group, when Brown addressed them, 
saying : My children, the events of to-day 
have been of such importance that I am cer- 
tain you will never forget them I have al- 
ways endeavored to inculcate in your minds 
the correct principles by which all birds 
should be governed ; you have seen how they 
have been illustrated, and in the fate of Blue 
