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 yard. It was not so inviting there, according to birds' ways of thinking, nor so safe for their young, as over at Mrs. Daily's, where the cat was kept in.

I kept our kitty locked up night and day, and asked my neighbors to keep their cats in, too, until these young robins could fly up into trees. At first they could only fly sideways. It is more than just a kind act to save young robins from harm: it is saving birds who will be useful and pleasing all their lives, and who will spread happiness wherever they go.

When I saw how my birds left me as soon as their young could fly, I began to wish that I, too, had a yard and trees, like my neighbors. I longed to have more birds, and birds of different kinds.

ONE WINTER DAY A PIGEON CAME IN AT AN OPEN WINDOW