“There were wasps which was yellow and pretty but unkind.”
“I (aged eleven) saw a little blackbird—its head was off by a Cat. I made a dear little grave and so berreyed it under the Tree.”
The flowers, of course, come in for the greatest attention and after them the trees are most usually referred to:—
“I (aged nine) know all the flowers that lived in the garden, but not all those who lived in the field”.
“Stinging nettles are a nuisance to people who have holes in their boots.”
“The Pond is all covered with Rushes. These had flowers like a rusty poker.”
“I picked lots of flowers and always brought them home—”
shows influence of the Selborne Society in teaching children not to pick and throw away what is alive and growing.
“The Cuckoo dines on other birds.”
“There was one bird called the squirrel.”