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clyp. Probably many of them have watched 
this little feathered midge, and even followed 
it to its home, to become better acquainted 
with it; and many of them, no doubt, know 
all about the little thing, and love it and pet 
it, as did the little girl that we once asked, 
which of all the pretty birds that lived in 
the garden and about her house she loved 
best. She answered : The Wren, the little 
house Wren. Oh !. she is such a dear little 
thing, and so neat and so lively and so smart! 
Why, she thinks nothing of fighting the great 
robin ; and if the bluebird or swallow comes 
near her house, phew ! doesn’t she drive them 
off quick ! and if a hen or cat shows herself 
in the shrubbery, why, Mrs. Wren seems al- 
most to go crazy, and she fairly scolds them 
off. But I love the Wren most of all for her 
confiding in me. She makes her nest in a 
box close to my chamber-window ; and she lets 
me see all her pretty eggs, and lets me take 
her pretty comical little ones out of her nest, 
and don’t scold one bit. Oh, yes : I think I 
love the little Wren better than all the other 
