Tom said that fowls were always eating.
'They are greedy things,' said Kate.
9. 'Oh, look at this gray hen!' said Harry, 'she picked up a bit of
stone just now and ate it! Does she know no better?'
10. 'It is not for food,' Mary told him; 'she takes it to grind up the
hard seeds she has swallowed. They all go into a strong little bag, and
the stones rub and press on the seeds.'
11. 'I never heard of such a thing! She keeps a mill inside to grind her
food!'
12. The others laughed, and then Mary went in to get some eggs. After
the basket was filled, the two children said good-bye to their friends,
and went home.
THE SPARROW.
shoots
spar'-rows
steal
fruit
thou'-sand
ba'-bies
build
spoil
beaks
ap'-ple
blos'-som
fruit
clean
thirst'-y
wheat
throw
1. 'Mother,' cried Harry, running in one day, 'Jack Denny says he shoots
sparrows!'
'I am very sorry to hear it. Why does he shoot them?'
'"They steal fruit and corn," he says. He wanted me to throw stones at
them!'
2. 'Well, you can tell him about some silly men who killed the sparrows
and other birds, and the next year their fruit and corn were eaten up by
grubs.
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