I didn’t suppose the birds expected a visit from me.”

Then old Kris Kringle who loves a joke as well as the best,

Dropped a handful of snowflakes into the oriole’s empty nest.

—Anon.

THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT.

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea

In a beautiful pea-green boat;

They took some honey, and plenty of money

Wrapped up in a five-pound note.

The Owl looked up to the moon above,