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actually forces her to run for it, and take 
refuge in some safe place mitil the storm is 
past. 
When the young Wrens leave the nest, 
they follow the parents a few days, depending 
on ‘them for food and protection ; they are 
soon instructed in the manners and customs 
of the world, how to get a living, and the 
manner in which they must take care of them- 
selves, and they are then given their freedom 
from parental authority and told in plain Wren 
talk to shift for themselves. 
Mr. and Mrs. Wren, after their family are 
all grown up and off their hands, enjoy the 
first real comfort that they experience during 
their stay with us. All their wants are sup- 
plied by a bountiful Nature. Their home is 
among the green trees and beautiful gardens. 
With no family to protect, their natures lose 
the nervousness and irritability which rendered 
them disagreeable to their neighbors, and they 
now fraternize with, and live in the kindest 
relations with, them. 
During the day, their hours are passed in 
