Angelina’s Bird-Flower
THE APRIL SURPRISE
Marjorie’s surprise for April was, first, a fluffy Easter chicken card. The Easter story pocket was another story about Angelina. The pocket said:
“Open on the afternoon of Easter Day at four o’clock.”
The two little girls let Mother read it aloud to them. It was called “Angelina’s Bird-Flower.”
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Angelina’s Bird-Flower
Where the little brown bird came from, neither Maria nor Louisa nor Angelina knew, but he doubtless lived near, for he came every day to the window of the old brown house where the little Italian girls lived, lonely without their mother. It was a year since she had died and the days were long for Maria, Louisa and Angelina after their father left for work at six in the morning.