IN FEATHERS AXD FUR. 
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STANDING ON HIS HEAD. 
Standing on the head isn't a very elegant position — is it? 
Men. and boys, too, for that matter, look more interesting on their 
feet, though I don't suppose there ever was a boy who would care 
how he looked, provided he could truly stand on his head. 
Well, droll as you may think it, I have read in some of the big 
books, that there is a bird — an American bird at that — who delights 
in standing on his head ! Now, don't you suppose that innocent 
and dignified bird would be surprised to hear such a piece of slander 
about himself ? 
This feathered personage has a curious way of getting his din- 
ner, I must admit, and he does look as though he used his head for 
a third leg. This is how it is : he always lives on the bank of a 
