the four filled the nest chock-full, and so one day Robert Robin

" he said. "You might fall o

beth insisted upon standing so near the edge of the nest that Mrs. Robin was very ner

n a moment she was standing on a big limb fluttering her wings, and getting ready to fly. Then little Sheldon gave a great jump and flew clear into t

rolling over and over down the side of the tall bassw

reamed Mrs. Robin. "You will all b

ted to fly when the heavy nest fell right on top of him, and there was litt

ttle Montgomery. "Help! H

o lift. Mrs. Robin came, and both of them tugged and pulled at the ne

. Robin, but the dry mud was so hard t

Evelina began crying-she was so frightened,-so both parent birds were forced to le

h the woods. Mister Tom Squirrel sat on a limb and laughed and chuckled, and said to Robert Robin: "The way your

were tired enough to feel like resting. Little Sheldon was in the top of a cedar tree, Elizabeth was sitting in a green osier, and little Evelina was sitting on

let the farmer know where his brindle cow was. But Robert Robin kept hearing another sound. "Tonkle! Tonkle!" Then he heard some one talking, and he saw two little girls coming into t

woods, and maybe we will find some whi

green berries!"

ar your dress on the t

ess, so I don't ca

s nest!" said the

e what is inside of

ned it over, and out jumped Montgomery Robin, and the first thing that he did

id Lucy, "let's feed it s

mine home to mother!" said Lettie, who was a fussy little girl, and h

ys, and days, and he is almost starved!" said Lucy. "So I

all you may have now!" said Lucy to Montgomery. "People who h

thing or you will get b

pe you step on a snake! It would serv

ittle girl, to say suc

s very rude of me to wish that you would step on a snake! I will tak

ing on the ground, but in a very few minutes he started flying from stump

s back into the big basswood tree, and all that night the four

ew silky feathers, and they seemed almost as large as Mrs. Robin, and if their breasts had been red instead of speckled you could hardly have told them from

t to be ashamed to even think of letting your mother feed you!" said Mrs. Robin

d getting their own food, so Robert Robin said to Mrs. Robin

t?" asked

, and the strain is beginning to tell! Only last night, I dreamed that seven spotted cats were chasing me throug

xation?" aske

, only more refined!

vacation!" said Mrs. Robin,

t Robin, "and we will take the

planning on going, de

estful place, where there was plenty

to live!" said Mrs. Robin. "I s

ew days, then go over to Black-bug Swamp for a few days, then drop over t

g Swamp, and the last time we were over to the river, we saw all those boys shooting with their air guns. I was thinking that if we went to th

mountains!" said Robert Robin. "I

ys warm, but I shall never forget that

. "We will go to the seashore, where

Mrs. Robin. "You always know just how to decide it! It i

ns in our family!" Then Robert Robin felt so fine that he flew

k pi

pic

l tick

l pick

l pick

drumming on his tree, and looked a

that foolish song, I have

ll so full of giggles that he could not get his mouth closed, and every

er. "Ho! Ho! Ho!" and it was four minutes before he could get th

t may be the reason why only a very few people have ever heard Mister Woodp