THE NEW TENANTS.
By Elanora Kinsley Marble.
Father and mother are building a nest;
They have found in Greenwood the place that is best.
They are working so hard through the long summer day,
Gathering grasses and hair and hay.
They are so happy, for soon they will hear
The eager “Peep, peep!” of their babies so dear.
Dear mother, gather them safe ’neath each wing;
Kind father, hasten, for food you must bring.
Now mother and father will teach them to fly:
“Come, timid birdies; come, try; come, try.
Fly out in the Greenwood, dear birdies, with me;
Then back to the nest in the dear old tree.”
Mrs. Wren was busy that morning. She had been away all winter, among the trees in the south, but was back in the old neighborhood now, getting her house in order for the summer season.