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Title: Jim Crow's language lessons and other stories of birds and animals
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Cowles, Julia Darrow, 1862-1919
Subjects: Animals -- Juvenile literature
Publisher: New York : Crowell
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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restaurant. Would youlike to s;o with me? Indeed I would ! said Kitty, lookingpuzzled. But she ran to get her wraps. When they started, Uncle Otto took withhim a large covered basket, and he wentout toward the great grove of oak-trees 78 A RESTAURANT FOR BIRDS. which extended for miles back of hishouse. Presently he stopped beneath a tree andshowed Kitty a coil of loose wire hangingfrom a branch. Then he opened his basketand took out something white and roundlike a ball. What is that, Uncle Otto? asked Kitty. That is mutton suet, he answered.Then he uncoiled the wire, placed the sueton the branch, and bound it securely withthe wire. Now, he added, turning to Kitty,one table is spread ready for dinner. Oh, said Kitty, suddenly, you do itfor the birds ? Yes, indeed, Uncle Otto returned. You see there are lots of cold-weatherbirds who do not leave us through the longwinter, and when the snow gets very deepthey have a hard time to find enough toeat; then besides, when it is very cold in-
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WHAT A CHATTERING! EXCLAIMED KITTY. A RESTAURANT FOR BIRDS. 79 deed, as it has been lately, they need somekind of food which will produce heat intheir little bodies, and the mutton suetdoes just that. So when I began to thinkhow deep the snow was and how long ithad been cold, I thought I had better opena restaurant for the birds, or some of themmight die; and this is the way I did it. Kitty looked interested, so Uncle Ottowent on. I fasten the suet in place withwire, because if I tied it on with stringthe birds would peck at the string, andtheir dinner would drop to the ground andprobably be eaten by a dog or cat. I tieit high on the tree for the same reason, sothat only the birds shall have it. Uncle Otto had been tying many piecesof suet in place while he talked, and nowthat the last one was secured they turnedback to the house. What a chattering ! exclaimed Kitty,stopping suddenly and looking back. 80 A RESTAURANT FOR BIRDS. Yes/ said Uncle Otto, the birds arevery sociable at dinne

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