“Yes, but I wasn’t thinking of that. I thought maybe we could put houses where they would build their nests.”
“Of course,” replied Billy; “and we could keep a small bathtub full of water for them.”
“What fun!” cried Mary Frances. “Billy, do you know how to build the right kind of houses for each different kind of bird?”
“No, I do not,” answered Billy; “I know of only a few. They are the ones our manual training teacher showed us. I have some pictures right here in my book. It’s queer I didn’t think of them!”
“Let me see them,” cried Mary Frances. “Oh, will you make some later on?”
“I am to make them in school next term,” explained Billy. “Let me show you these pictures.”
A Robin’s Sleeping Porch
Robin Redbreast will not live in an enclosed house, but desires merely a shelter where the family can have plenty of fresh air.