24 BIRD LIFE ON ISLAND AND SHORE 
albeit in a strange unwonted position. She moved 
into the sandpit nest, and once within it the act 
of scraping was suggested by the feel of loose 
sand about her belly and legs. She scraped, the 
egg slid more and more into proper position, and 
her mental pertubations were over. In their very 
narrow but very perfect plane the beasts and 
birds of the earth live simply wise and simply 
happy, with the happiness that comes of the 
unopened mind. 
