Evening star., 1936-05-16

TIME 6lucpuuS daS AeoeuSN s
home. They had evicted Mrs.
Bully the English Sparrow,
L who had taken possession OF
the house while they were away.
Then, with their friends, who were
occupying another house, Winsome
Bluebird and Mrs. Winsome Bluebird
had chased Bully and Mrs. Bully TO
the edge of the Old Orchard. Now,
Mrs. Winsome was determined that
never again should that house be
left unguarded even for a few min
utes.
"They will try to make us more
trouble" said she. They are born
trouble-makers, those Sparrows, ana
they'll do their best to get even with
us if we give them a chance"
Now, Mrs. Winsome was quite right
IN this matter. She knew Bully and
Mrs. Bully. They are born trouble
makers. They are never happier than
when they are making trouble for
others or engaged in q quarrel with
their neighbors. There are folks like
that, you know.
Bully and Mrs. Bully didn't need
that house that they had tried to
take from the Bluebirds. They didn't
need it at all. The only reason they
had tried to steal it was because the
Bluebirds had it. There were other
houses in the Old orchard, any one
of which they might have taken.
Anyway, they had a perfectly good
place under the caves Of Farmer
Browns barn, where they had nested
for a couple of years. But there was
no one to quarrel with there. There
was no one to make trouble for. So
back they went the very next day to
the Old Orchard, resolved to make 1t
90 uncomfortable for the Bluebirds
that they would be forced to move.
The Bluebirds had just begun to
make their nest. Mrs. Winsome didn't
dare leave the house unless WinSome
was there and so the work Of get
ting material for that nest fell very
largely to Winsome. Bully and Mrs.
Bully saw their chance for making
real trouble. Mrs. Bully would alight
close to the doorway in which sat
Mrs. Winson1e and noisily quarrel
with her. When Winsome came with
a bill full of grass or other material
Bully would dart down at him and
try to pick fight, SO that often Win
some had to drop the material he had
brought. This was what Bully want
ed. They had made up their minds,
had Bully and Mrs. Bully, that they
would prevent the Bluebirds from
raising a family in that house if it
were possible.
Occasionally, by way of variety,
they tormented the other pair of
Bluebirds. They were so intent on
this trouble-making that they quite
forgot that it was time to be think
ing about their own nesting. They
were having just a thoroughly good
time, while everybody else in the Old
Orchard was having a thoroughly bad
time.
II don't know if we can stand it."
said Mrs. Winsome to Winsome Blue
bird. Did you ever hear such noisy
people? I'm half tempted to give up
and leave the Old Orchard"
You would never hear the end Of
It If you did," declared Winsome
"That Is Just what those trouble
makers want. Nothing would please
them quite so much. What we ought
to do is to drive them So far away
they will never come back, but Of
course that's something we can't do"
After a time the new nest was fin
lshed and presently there were four
eggs in 1t. Then Mrs. Winsome began
sitting on those eggs. She wanted
then Of all times to be quiet. Mrs.
Bully discovered when Mrs. Winsome
began sitting on those eggs. This was
her chance to be more troublesome
She would alight at the doorway and
poke her head inside and scold and
scream ut the top of her lungs. Mrs.
Winsome would stand 1t as long as
she could. Then she would get up
and drive her away. OF course, Win
some was doing his best, but Bully
was on hand to keep him occupied.
It really was most disgraceful affair
that went on every day.
Finally Welcome Robin took a hand.
It was 80 noisy that his patience be-
came exhausted. He started after
Bully with such determination that
Bully, knowing he had no chance
against one 50 big as Welcome Robin,
ned for his life, with Welcome Robin |
after him. Welcome Robin didn't |
stop at the edge Of the Old Orchard. |
He kept on after Bully, clear over to |
Farmer Browns barn and it wasn't |
until Bully managed to hide under |
the caves that Welcome Robin gave
up.