And what do you think she found besides flowers? A nest with young birds in it.
While she was looking at them, she heard the mother bird chirp, as if she said, "Do not touch my children, little girl, for I love them dearly."
The little girl now thought how dearly her own mother loved her.
So she left the birds. Then picking some flowers, she went home, and told her mother what she had seen and heard.
LESSON XLIII.
eight ask aft'er town past ah tick'et
right half two train ding light'ning
[Illustration: Boy and girl sitting in wicker clothes basket.
Woman sitting in chair.]
"Mamma, will you go to town?"
"What do you ask for a ticket on your train?"