"You're not alone," another cried,

"In taking note. I, too, have spied

The boys of late, in street and court,

Or on the roofs, at this fine sport;

But yesternight I chanced to see

A kite entangled in a tree.

The string was nowhere to be found;

The tail about a bough was wound.

Some birds had torn the paper out,

To line their nests, in trees about,