THE BOYS AND THE BIRDS
The boys spent an uncomfortable night in Father Thrift’s cave.
Half the time they could not sleep. And, worse still, the other half they dreamed such dreadful dreams!
But the next morning, after they had had breakfast with Father Thrift and Shaggy Bear, the boys felt much better.
Still, they had a feeling that something terrible was about to happen to them. How they longed to go home!
Then the queer little old man seated himself on a log just outside the door of the cave.
“Shaggy Bear,” he said, “go, tell Jenny Wren to ask all the birds of the forest to come here.”
Soon all the birds had come. And, oh! what excitement there was when they saw the boys!
“Shoot them with an arrow! Hit them with a stone! Kill them!” the angry little creatures cried.