"I would like to see pictures of animals first," said Dick.
II.
| dusty | oriole | drooping | happen |
| handled | sadness | whistling | joyous |
Then the room changed to the corner of the pasture. There was the fence and the brook and the old apple tree. Just above the fence, half hidden in the branches, was a nest that held five tiny eggs.
The Oriole's Nest.
The sound of bird voices was heard, and there in the tree Dick saw two orioles. They were singing a song together, and somehow Dick could understand it all. They sang of their little home and of the eggs that lay within it. And they sang of the happy time when five little birds would come to be loved and cared for.
Then the two orioles rose slowly into the air and flew across the field. The nest was left alone.
Down the road came a boy whistling and kicking up the dust with every step.