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The Birds' Christmas Carol

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The Birds' Christmas Carol.

I. A LITTLE SNOW BIRD.

II. DROOPING WINGS.

III. THE BIRD'S NEST.

IV. "BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER."

V. SOME OTHER BIRDS ARE TAUGHT TO FLY.

VI. "WHEN THE PIE WAS OPENED, THE BIRDS BEGAN TO SING!"

VII. THE BIRDLING FLIES AWAY.

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CONTENTS AND LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

"The little Ruggleses bore it bravely" . . . Frontispiece
Vignette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Title
I. A LITTLE SNOW-BIRD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
"She is a little Christmas child" . . . . . . . . . 14
II. DROOPING WINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
III. THE BIRD'S NEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Carol at her Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
IV. "BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER" . . . . . . . . . . . 28
The "Window School" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
V. SOME OTHER BIRDS ARE TAUGHT TO FLY . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
"I want ter see how yer goin' ter behave" . . . . . 44
VI. "WHEN THE PIE WAS OPENED, THE BIRDS BEGAN TO SING" . . . 50
"The Ruggleses never forgot it" . . . . . . . . . . 54
"I beat the hull lot o' yer" . . . . . . . . . . . 62
VII. THE BIRDLING FLIES AWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
"My Ain Countree" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
"I thought of the Star in the East" . . . . . . . . 67