OUR BIRDS IN WINTER. 
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souls ! we are sometimes forced to wander 
dozens of miles for a meal, after the month 
of May, and what would our chicks do 
then ? ” 
I never thought of all these things,” ex- 
claimed the Wren who had spoken before. 
We Wrens have such an abundance of food 
through the whole spring and summer, that we 
can rear our young ones when we please. 
Did you ever think of this matter before, 
Chick?” he asked, addressing our old friend, 
who was trying to knock off a piece of dead 
bark, that he might secure a grub that was 
evidently beneath it. 
Oh, yes ! ” replied Chick, pausing for a 
minute in his labors, my attention was called 
to it in a rather singular manner. I had often 
wondered at the shiftlessness of some birds in 
waiting until the summer was far advanced, 
before they reared their young ; but when I 
looked into the matter, I found they were wiser 
than I.” 
How was it ? tell us about it,” exclaimed 
several of the others, who had just finished 
