On that Thanksgiving Day I had quite a surprise. Some dogs came barking from the ravine. Before them ran a rabbit just as fast as he could. They were the dogs that had so often chased Bunny, and this rabbit looked so much like Bunny, that I felt sure it was he.
“There’s my rabbit,” said the boy, as he went to chase the dogs away. I was glad to know that Bunny had such a nice home, and that the boy was a big brother to him also.
A FEEDERY MUCH LIKED BY DOWNY
A TREE TRIMMED WITH PEANUTS FOR THE BIRDS
XI
THE CARDINALS
Having often seen cardinals feed in poultry yards with chickens, I again started to scatter chickfeed, hoping to attract those beautiful birds to my house. Chickfeed is finer than chickenfeed, and I believe the birds like it better.
Every winter I trimmed up an old tree with peanuts for the birds’ Christmas, and always after a snowstorm I tramped the snow down; then scattered the feed on it, with buckwheat and sunflower seeds added.
At first only nuthatches, chickadees, and juncos came to my lunches on the snow. One stormy day a cardinal ventured into our front yard; but he did not go near the chickfeed. Several juncos were there, and maybe he wanted to be generous and leave it all to the smaller birds.