Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-11-06
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come.
On next to the lowest branch at the farthe
| de Of this chestnut, know a little family
ather bird, and mother bird, and FIVE little
oft round musings, just beginning to wake t,
i sense of wings.
When they were still younger. one of the,
woke in the night, aud was amazed to find u.
whole world changed-there ieas no world
Fac great splendid sun was nowhere to be seen
the tree-town, in which their relations ant
eighbors, so many of faem, had always lived
was gone, except a small space of waving shau
5wy something's just about the nest. Chill,
dews were falling, skinny bats wheeling, and
long sad cry coayi..ce the noor little h;rl tn
those bad owls, of whom their mother had told
them, were sitting around-one of them, NAV
be, staring into the very nest! She nudged
her brother, and he nudged the rest, and
they all pushed their little bare heads up
FROM under their mother, and said peep, peep,
peep-but nothing could they see. 1t Was
dreadful to look out SO they all pulled in their
heads again, but they trembled SO that they
shook the nest and the old mother-bird, who
was sleepy, and had been trying not to notice
them, was obliged to take her head from under
her wing
"What is the world coming to ?" she ex-
claimed, rather coarsely. A pretty time is
stop crowdng and go to sleep directly l de-
clare Youngsters are getting SO forward ! When
I was in pen-feathers, they told me that little
birds should be seen and not be heard"
" 4 weet, weet, weet, We can't see " piped
the tremblers, taking up the word "Peep,
peep, peep, we're so frightened the worlds
put out, and we can't see !"
Just like the rest of bird-kind," said the
mother, who was philosopher )" they always
think the worlds put out when they don't hap
pen to see it but, my little babies, if you are
really frightened, / suppose must wake up
aud 1t things to rights"
SO she stepped carefully off the nest, and
hopping up to a bough just above them, broke
off with her bill little twig full of leaves,
which, because 1t uas so near, hid from them all
the universe. "a
Now look" she said, and they put up their
FIVE little heads,
What did they behold? all the vast deep
heaven was crowded with shining eyes large,
clear, milling eyes they seemed aud as the
little things stretched up to gaze, they felt that
should never care again when the world was
dark.
"Thcy are our friends said the mother :;
I" all the day they are in heaven, looking on
God and gathering light from His countenance;
all the lvelong night they are pouring the light
on the earth"
"They know all things there is not comet
rises in his lair, but they know Of bis coming ;
not little robin turns in its nest, but their
bright eyes have seen it. In few hours the
sun will rise, and the stars will seem to leave
us; but as soon as he begins to weary they
will be thouing out to take up his task. And
now do my foolish babies feel afraid of the
dark ~
And the five little birds nestled quietly down
to sleep, feeling sure that whether noon or mid
night, the good God is always in this world