LITTLE MISS SNOW BUNTING 
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she sallied out bravely to meet her young 
playmates and tell them how it all was. They 
were glad to see her and gladly, too, they 
formed in line and followed her about while 
she trumpeted to them in the lowest, sweetest 
notes they had ever heard. Of course Tom- 
j mie Specks had to turn a handspring now and 
then, but he did it very gracefully. Little 
Baby Loon was graceful too, when she 
played submarine, and even the Puffin chil¬ 
dren were more graceful as they played air¬ 
ship and went skimming over the water when 
the others swam too fast for them. So 
they were all having a fine time when all of a 
sudden they heard a voice coming from the 
shore of Happy Island. It was very close to 
them and sounded out so very sharply, “Chee! 
Chee! Chee!” that they were all about to 
scurry away in fright when Miss Swan spied 
the little person who was calling to them. 
Anyone would then have laughed, at their 
fear. The little Bird lady was perched on the 
least bit of a willow twig, and it didn’t bend 
down one bit! She was no larger than Tom- 
