Birds, Vol. III, No 3, March 1898

<h2><SPAN name="THE_BIRDS_ANSWER" id="THE_BIRDS_ANSWER"></SPAN>THE BIRD'S ANSWER.</h2> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">"A little bird sat on the twig of a tree,</div> <div class="verse">A-swinging and singing as glad as could be,</div> <div class="verse">And shaking his tail and smoothing his dress,</div> <div class="verse">And having such fun as you never could guess;</div> <div class="verse">And when he had finished his gay little song,</div> <div class="verse">He flew down the street and went hopping along,</div> <div class="verse">This way and that way with both little feet,</div> <div class="verse">While his sharp little eyes looked for something to eat.</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">A little boy said to him, 'Little bird, stop</div> <div class="verse">And tell me the reason you go with a hop;</div> <div class="verse">Why don't you walk as boys do, and men,</div> <div class="verse">One foot at a time, like a duck or a hen?'</div> <div class="verse">Then the little bird went with a hop, hop, hop,</div> <div class="verse">And laughed as if he never could stop:</div> <div class="verse">And he said, 'Little boy, there are some birds that talk,</div> <div class="verse">And some birds that hop, and some birds that walk,</div> <div class="verse">But most little birds that can sing you a song,</div> <div class="verse">Are so small that their legs are not very strong</div> <div class="verse">To scratch with, or wade with, or catch things, that's why</div> <div class="verse">They hop with both feet, little boy, good-bye.'"</div> </div></div> </div> <hr class="small" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[Pg 84]</SPAN></span></p> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />