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One June morning, a year or two ago, I heard a loud squeaking, as of a young bird in the grass near my door, and, on approaching, discovered the spectacle of a cow-bird, almost full-fledged, being fed by its foster-mother, a chippy not more than half its size, and which was obliged to stand on tiptoe to cram the gullet of the parasite.
"Yes the very same!" cried Rusty Wren. "And now you can see for yourself that there must have been a crowd." To his surprise Mr. Chippy shook his head. "There was only one person " he said "one person with eight legs!" "Why do you think that?" Rusty Wren asked him doubtfully. "I don't think it. I know it!" Mr. Chippy replied. "I've seen the person six times to-day with my own eyes."
But I guess it misunderstood and thought I meant to bite, for it flew off a little way and I saw three speckled blue eggs and then I thought I'd better come away." "Did you hear it sing?" asked Nat. "No it only said 'chip chippy chip." "Chippies have two songs," said the Doctor.
But before he could speak Random raised his hand. "Let us chat until the coffee comes in," he said; "then we shall not be interrupted when reading." "All right," said Hope. "Have a cigar!" "No, thanks. I have been smoking all the night. I shall sit here by the fire and wait for the coffee. You look chippy yourself." "And small wonder," said Archie wearily.
The purple finch, the goldfinch, the indigo bunting, the bluebird, the kingbird, the phœbe-bird, the great crested flycatcher, the robin, the oriole, the chickadee, the high-hole, the downy woodpecker, the vesper sparrow, the social sparrow, or chippy, pause there in the course of the day, and some of them several times during the day.
Jims, my little war-baby, whatever is going to become of you?" Jims was not in the least concerned over what was to become of him. He was gleefully watching the antics of a striped chipmunk that was frisking over the roof of the little siding. As the train pulled out Jims leaned eagerly forward for a last look at Chippy, pulling his hand from Rilla's.
The vireo's cheerful warble echoes in the leafy maples; the branches of the Norway spruce and the hemlocks have gotten themselves new light green tips; the dandelion's spheres of ethereal down rise above the grass: and now and then one of them suddenly goes down: the little chippy, or social sparrow, has thrown itself upon the frail stalk and brought it to the ground, to feed upon its seeds; here it gets the first fruits of the season.
"The reindeer in Santa Claus's stable were so unhappy about the dishes not being washed, and the chance of missing their Christmas frolic, that they broadcasted a radio message. Their horns are very fine for sending radio, and the chipmunk, sitting at his little wireless outfit, with the receivers over his ears, heard it. And Chippy told Groups and Bunks and Yelpers.
I saw her meet-up with fine young fellies in the East; I could see they admired her but she turned them down easily. She's no weak-minded chippy, as I know on me own account the more shame to me." "Of course she turns others down, for the reason that Ben fills her heart." She began to weary of her self-imposed task. He, too, was tired.
I couldn't find any picture that matched, but then I began to read about Sparrows, and when I came to Chippy Sparrow I was sure it matched; for the book said it was a clever little fellow with a jaunty red cap that came with his mate to the very door and that children make the Chippy's acquaintance and hunt in the vines on the piazza or in a bush for its nest and that the nest is very neat and made of horsehair " Here Dodo stopped to get her breath.
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