  The robin haz a red brest. They hav a plaintiff song, and sing az tho they waz sorry for sum thing. They are natiffs ov the northern states, but go south to winter. They git their name from their grate ability for robbing a cherry tree. They kan also robin a currant bush fust rate, and are smart on a goose berry. If a robin kant find enny thing else tew eat, they aint tew fastidious tew eat a ripe strawberry. They build their nest out ov mud, and straw, and lay 4 eggs, that are speckled. Four yung robbings, in a nest, that are just hatched out, and still on the half-shell, are alwus az reddy for dinner, az a nuzeboy iz. If enny boddy goes near their nest, their mouths all fly open at once, so that yu kan see clear down tew their palates. If it want for the birds, I suppose, ov course, we should all be et up by the catterpillars, and snakes, but i hav thought, it wouldn’t be enny thing more than common politeness, for the robbings, tew let us hav, now, and then, just one ov our own cherriz, tew see how they did taste. 146 |
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