"'Oh, ages and ages!' replied the fourth eagle, who up to this time hadn't spoken. 'We were very old before your daddy got us. We've been on this chair so long. We can't remember how long. And what makes us feel so sad is that we are called eagles and should fly and yet are forever glued to this chair.'
"'Kenneth, Kenneth,' cried Kenneth's mother, 'it's long past bedtime!'
"'Oh, I am not so tired as the eagles are!' said Kenneth. And Kenneth's mother wondered if he was talking in his sleep."
THE BOBOLINKS HAVE A TEA PARTY
Who Should Arrive but Fairies.
"The other day," commenced daddy, "the bobolinks had an afternoon tea.
"The tea party was given for the meadow larks. The bobolinks are great friends of the meadow larks and they wanted to be the first this season to entertain them. Besides, most of the bobolinks had new summer homes and their colony was near a beautiful stream.
"You know the bobolinks always build their homes in the meadows—but they build very near a stream and their homes are always deep down in the long grass.