Knock on the door, Dodo." "I'm afraid to," said Dodo, clasping her hands behind her.

"Mammy says that room is _full_ of birds, and that we must never go in there.
Suppose when the door opens they should get out and fly away ?" "Mammy was right in telling you not to go in without asking, because there are a great many books and papers there that father values, and you might upset them.

But the birds that are there are not alive.

They are dead birds that father has collected from all parts of America--stuffed birds, such as you have seen in the glass cases in the Museum." "But, Cousin Olive," said Nat in astonishment, "if Uncle Roy has shot enough birds to fill a big room, why won't he let me pop at a few with my shooter ?" "You must ask him why yourself, Nat.

Knock again, Dodo.