Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-03-02

most half q year, II one Of the lions ont
there was asked L be efer had his fingers
ache lFom snoH.balling, every one knows
OF ought % know, that lien would be very
apt % eonsidet himself insulled. fFF &
Then, again, every human being who
knows de didefence between barrot and
broonstick, b aware that al oar birds every
ahtunn take express trains for that warn
country; but not every one is aware how
/ terribly homesick they are, before they dare
come back agaili Ny how uneasy and
/ anxious they become, just about the time the
I little grass roots begin 70 dresm Of waking
/ up under the snow nt houe How tired they
ere oi The atifing, warm hiri Of the shrill
crickets and lizards, vic are too lasyito do
anything The whole day through, except to
desfen every one with their noise. (t'Which,"
I saws . Young bob-o-link, "has neither tune
i nor stop 70 tt.'A Tired Of seeing the horrible
great snakes; the lions and tigers the ele-
plants and mosquetOes, eating, biting, and
kiliag one another all the while. How fond
u ths small birds dream Of the Hnesties" in
The orchard, under the caves, and 10 tbe fields
st home, where they were born. And how
! he large birds mediate on the great nests
high upin the elms and low down under the
buahe1 friaFing the marsh in the Wild woods,
where they pseped and tWittered in birdie
hood. -
Before proceeding any fEiheF, Carl would
say, that Ell the above comes from tame rO-
blu who has been 20 EurOps TWICE and, con-
seqnsnilyg ought to know what he Is talking
shout ... .a.a
! Now, this spring, when The birds in the hot
soath were so erllEy 70 come home, Jack Frost
was out Of temper and cross as be could
be.
q Hasn't that old sun (snd he glared
5ercely from frozen pond atty g done al be
eoul,i 20 spits ne the whole winter through
and hasn't that Ysgsbond Of southwest
wind teen roaming ..0Ver my territories with
bis irightiul Wirla breath Did that darling
beloved rascal Of sun ask if / am ready tC
take passage BY the next iceberg for the north
poleg Oh, certainly, cries Jack, turning
white in the iace with rage, and growing fu
rious, I'm 50 right Of now" And hl
thrust his hands into bis pocket, Qined witt
ice and vhistled so sharply as to set TN
coal men laughing and the cold boys crying
eGoodness mel that's awful Y shivered |
little robin, as tie cold wind rumpled hi
jacket and away he few TO the warm side o
hay stack. a.
"O-o-ohI !" chatiers a little white-throatel
/ swallow, getting as far inside his feathers a
i ae could, and Of he few foi TIE same place
" "Hallo-olp be ehirped, as be saw Robin
"didn't think any one was here. Am in
: truding p
9Oh, no, ehiFrups Rob, eFoWding himsel
close in the chip-squiFreTs front doorway, :
|. make room for Mimi the swallow. "Com
: IN here; its nice and warn"
, And then they two have long chat an
get acquainted
Jack Frost all the while Is angry becaus
be can't pelt them with hailstones, and clos
d their round little eyes in death.
+ CANT you glad we've got such warr
? spot 7" says Robin.
"0f, yes" chirps Mimi, squeezing close
L to Rob.
! Yes, says the latter, ave been lame a
: winter, and have boarded at Idlewild."
"TVe been lame, too, says white-throl
: Mimi. Shot" he added showing a So
J, which made Rob shed tears. Bot what
D Idlewild, and where is Il : I never heard
d it" asked Mimi.
"What y tWits Rob, ''nOt know i'll VIII
3. I thought every winter bird knew It, It's
= House Of Refuge for frosted and detaine
BIRDS. Il is Imported by 4 gentleman, wh,
having feathered bis own nest pretty wei
= inclin to keep US living through the winte
) so that in the spring We may feather ouI
: also"
n Just at this moment the wind blew Of
d board from the hay-rick, which scared Il
birds, and away they few, JscA Frost and
5t wind helieF-pelter after them. As they he
= along, Mimi said, or sung
10 "TEit-toO-Wit-to-so; there's q barn, Rob
Redbreast" and in they went.
n Strange TO say, the song Of Mimi woke
G croeus-rOot, who was sleeping under the snO
The little crocus stretched his limbs, and &c
le ting EidsssaWake, nudged his cousin, a snow
3 drop, and aroused him Gndthey commence
/ to get mp right of, not waiting to stretC
and yawu, and sleep again, like some lit
s. folks.
d, Very soon old Frost scented these howe
= trying to get up from their frozen bed, aT
le it vexed him exceedingly. he blew Il
ID very essence Of icicles right upon them, al
q drited as much snow over them as be pos:
q bly, could. So he thought he had kill
e them, and away he went 70 see that the ri
y ers were al iced properly. The north vii
Is accompanied him, making everything shiv
ln and shake as he passed. Then the 81
J, lent half a pound Of sunshine to the tv
p cousins under the snow. and they warm
their roots with il, and grew brsyely Al
ht
Now, about one week afi ier this, Rob Al
+, Min i were foraging for fresh grub, Il dol
know If idiewild gave them too much o
beef or not and they saw the two how'
grown up above the snow, and looking
brave and beautiful that Robin ran as {
az be could and rubbed his little red be
~ agai-st them, ss you have seen baby rub
81 chesE egainst manma's. Aud Mimi was
snt glad, too, and said
All "NoW summer will come, and bring
are my own dear friends again. Oh, hurrah 7
pa Why cries Bob, dancing a sehottis
- about the flowers in the snoWi "hal
inc you're crying, Minnil"
"Hi bill Perhaps am returns Mini
ub- 'rbut You bad better wipe of that big t
his dangling on the end Of your OVn besk, N
IS, ter Robp
.n Down with Jack Frost, cries the ero
and snow-drop, waving their leaves t0get
p and nodding lovingly at the birds.
SWhos sfrsid of hin p cries Mimi, ru
pling bis feathers, Is Il about 70 hurt sOE
- body.
aLets 6ght him" cries game-cock, n
by, who bad been listening 70 the talk.
y aHallop screams Jack Frost, Just arrf
from giving the Hudson an extra freeze
"Hallol IN zee about all this,P and he nj
l., y blew The tail Of from Rob's brown e'
and rumpled master Ninni's exceedingly.
The birds are obliged to take refuge ben
the hay-staek agsin. Chanticleer had
commenced 9 very shrin observation, and
got as far as ''Oock-a-doo--' when the wi
pitching him over upoh BIZ. bill, broke
thread Of his discourse.
81. So, after frost had disposed Of these trieI
- be turned 70 the flowers, and ordered
strongest wind 70 nbreak their missrs
= stems for en- while be tried 10 tr'