Then Tommie told his mamma that he could carry them to the observatory on the house-top, and got his papa to put them in the chimney. He got a little basket, caught the poor little birds, and put them in it. His mamma tied a handkerchief over the top of the basket to keep the birds in. By noon the sun was out, and Tommie's papa came home to dinner. They went to the observatory, Tommie carrying the basket of "chimney-sweeps."
The little boy held the basket while his papa put the birds in the chimney-top, one at a time. They clung to the bricks and began to cry again.
Tommie was held up to see the little birds, and then they went down stairs, so that the old birds might take care of their little ones and not be frightened.
After Tommie had gone, the mamma and papa birds came up and showed the little ones how to get to their nest again.
—AUNT NELL
