was attached to a twig no thicker than a steel knitting-needle.

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5. It seemed to have been made of cotton
fibers, and was covered with the softest bits
of leaf and bark.

It had two eggs in it,

quite white, and each about as large as a small sugar-plum.

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6. When you approach the spot where ne of these birds has built its nest, it is wendy be careful. necessary to Jame

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will dart at you and try to peck your eyes. Its sharp beak may hurt your eyes most severely, and even destroy the sight.

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7. The poor little thing knows no other for avane

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way of defending its young, and instinct teaches it that you might carry off its nest if you could find it.

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A FABLE..

1. A dispute once arose between the Wind and the Sun, as to which was the stronger.

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agreed to That party

2. To decide the matter, they try their power on a traveler. which should first strip him of his cloak, was to win the day.

3. The Wind, began. He blew a cutting blast, which tore up the mountain oaks by their roots, and made the whole forest look like a wreck.

4. But the traveler, though at first he could scarcely keep his cloak on his back, ran under a hill for shelter, and buckled his mantle about him more closely.

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5. The Wind having thus tried his utmost power in vain, the Sun began.

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6. Bursting through a thick cloud, he darted his sultry beams so forcibly upon the traveler's head, that the poor fellow was almost melted.

7. "This," said he, "is past all bearing. It is so hot, that one might as well be in

an oven."

8. So he quickly threw off his cloak, and went into into the shade of a tree to cool

himself.

9. This fable teaches us, that gentle means will often succeed where forcible ones will fail.

1. Now the sun is sinking
In the golden west;

Birds and bus and children
All have gone to rest:

And, the merry streamlet,

As it runs along; With a voice of sweetness Sings it's evening song. 2. Cowslip, daisy violet

In their little beds.

All among the grasses
Hide their heavy heads;
There they'll all, sweet darlings,
Lie in happy dreams
Till the rosy morning
Wakes them with its beams.

1. "O Miss Roberts! what coarse-looking hands Mary Jessup has!" said Daisy Marvin, as she walked home from school with her teacher.

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2. "In my opinion, Daisy, Mary's hands are the prettiest in the class."

3. "Why, Miss Roberts, they are as red and hard as they can be. look if she were to try to exclaimed Daisy.

How they would play on a piano!"

4. Miss Roberts took Daisy's hands in hers, and said, "Your hands are very soft and white, Daisy-just the hands to look beautiful on a piano; yet yet they lack one beauty that Mary's hands have. tell you what the difference is?"

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5. "Yes, please, Miss Roberts.' 6. "Well, Daisy, Mary's hands are always busy. They wash dishes; they make fires; they hang out clothes, and help to wash them, too; they sweep, and dust, and sew; they are always trying to help her poor, hard-working mother.

7. "Besides, they wash and dress the children; they mend their toys and dress their dolls; yet, they find time to bathe the head of the little girl who is so sick in the next house to theirs.

8. "They are full of good deeds to every living thing. I have seen them patting the tired horse and the lame dog in the street.