The father stayed away an hour or more. Before he came back that young woodpecker had learned to help himself very well. But the minute his father came, he began to flutter his wings and beg to be fed.
II.
| watcher | hopped | scatter | perch |
| knocked | alight | naughty | bathe |
| suppose | coaxing | fluttered | plunge |
It is very easy to see the birds teaching their little ones to fly. You will find the young birds sitting quietly on fences or trees. All at once the parents begin to fly around, with strange, loud calls. In a minute the little birds will fly out and join them.
Around and around they all go till their little wings are tired, and then they come down and alight again.
Once I saw a young crow who did not fly when his parents called. All the others flew around many times.
The mother's sharp eyes saw her naughty son. She flew right at him, and knocked him off his perch. The next time she called, he flew with the rest.
An old robin wanted to teach her young one to bathe. She brought him to a dish of water kept for their use by some people who were fond of birds.