It made me feel so sorry, and I was so afraid she might freeze, that I made a little roof over her of hemlock branches.

And she liked that and didn't move at all; so then I wiped the snow off her back, and she seemed real comfortable.

I used to go back every day after that to see her; we grew to be quite friends before the four eggs hatched, and I've seen them do queer little tricks; but I never told anybody where she lived, though, because lots of people don't seem to understand anything about birds but shooting or teasing them." "Some day you shall tell us about what the Woodcock did, my lad.

You must tell us a great many stories, for you know what you have seen yourself.

That is the best knowledge of all, and it will encourage Nat to hear you," and Dr.Hunter put his arm affectionately around the shoulders of each boy.
"Hush! Wait a moment and listen to that Thrasher," said the Doctor, stopping behind some thick bushes; "he is wooing his mate!" "What is wooing ?" whispered Nat.
"Asking her to marry him and come and build a cosy home in one of these nice bushes.