_ friendship, because “We are no longer at rest among the 
evergreen trees. There are so many things that catch our © | 
attention which we do not know and want so much to under- 
stand.” These same students later showed a forgiving 
mood and said, “Once more we are at peace in the wild _ 
places, for we are not strangers now to the things that we 
see and hear and the forest means to us more than ever 
before, for we have learned to know its voices.’ : 
You have no such difficulty when you are getting 
acquainted with a robin, even if barking dogs and sneaking 
cats live about you. In his fight for a living, he has acquired _ 
a fearlessness, which sometimes, in his spring struggle with 
family cares, will cause him to attack these man-provided 
enemies with open beak and noisy cries. Brave is the 
creature that dares to face those whirling wings which have 
left the safety of the trees, and which follow a pampered pet 
as it tries to escape. The household animals lose but little 
time in such a crisis, but hurry to shelter followed by re- 
marks, which if understood, might shock even a city wharf 
rat. : | | . 
If a pair of robins decide to build their home near you, 
after their retired honeymoon in March or April, you may 
be furnished with hours of pleasure. How many times they _ 
look over the premises before they make a decision. Some- 
times he, sometimes she, has found exactly the right place, 
and, as it is inspected, how they argue as to its proper 
support, privacy, and nearness to food supply. Often, too, 
- they are as careless as apartment dwellers and flit from tree 
to tree to try out different situations until the coming of 
spring forces a choice and almost any beam or branch has 
to be selected. 
| What a rush begins when a iceisiwa has been made! 
_A foundation for the nest is made of twigs, leaves, trash, 
anything that is handy, but it is laid down rather carefully 
and then is started a piece of dirty work that only gener- 
ations of doing could have made tasty. Beakful after beak- 
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