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Title: How to have bird neighbors
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Patteson, S. Louise (Susanna Louise), 1853-1922
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) D.C. Heath and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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CATS BELONG ON THEIR OWN PREMISESIII REAL TROUBLES IN BIRDLAND I SAID that birds were lovely neighbors. So aresome other animals. At my new home I soon be-came acquainted with a wild rabbit. Two dogsroamed around in the vacant lots and in the ravinea great deal. Often when I heard them barking,the next thing I saw would be Bunny, running asfast as he could toward our place, with the dogs 21 %% HOW TO HAVE BIRD NEIGHBORS after him. Bunny could glide through under thegarden fence, and that was lucky for him. Thedogs were too big and couldnt. I was glad when Bunny came to our place for safety.He liked slices of apple so well that he would comenearer and nearer to get them, until finally he ateout of my hand. One hot day while Bunny was in our yard, he sawthe birds basin, and went there to drink. He had
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THE BASIN WAS BUNNY S LOOKING-GLASS REAL TROUBLES IN BIRDLAND S3 been accustomed to drink at the brook in the ra-vine, where the water always runs, if there is any.But the brook was dried up at this time of year.The clear, still water in the basin was a new thingto Bunny. He took a long look at it. Seeing him-self pictured in the water was another new thing tohim, and he looked again and again. Evidently hethought himself quite handsome, for even after itrained and the brook filled up again, he still keptcoming. The basin was his looking-glass. I am sorry for what I have to tell about some otheranimals. One day our neighbors cat lay crouchingnear the tree under which the chickfeed was scattered.A downy woodpecker was just coming down the tree.Kittys eyes glared. Her teeth chattered. But evi-dently the downy did not see her. I scolded Kittyand drove her away. This disturbed the downy, andhe flew away too. But that was better than to lethim come down where Kitty could jump on him.She co

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