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 catch more flies with molasses than with vinegar?" said the sparrow. "Well, my dear, I am willing to be caught with molasses, but clip my pinions if you'll catch me with vinegar! Come, my dear," he said very gently and putting his little head close to hers, "if you want me to stay at home tell me that you care a little for me, and make me feel good, instead of telling me what a worthless fellow I am."

"Will you really and truly stay?" said the bright-eyed sparrow, smiling through her tears.

"Really and truly," answered the sparrow tenderly.

"Then I'll think you are the dearest and best husband in the whole world," answered the bright-eyed sparrow; and she reached up her little beak and gave him a hearty kiss.

"That's as it should be," said Mrs. Polly to herself, with her nod of satisfaction, "but