e very large,
too; yet they can hardly be seen, since they look so much like the
snow.

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THE QUAIL]

Our Tame Birds

Chickens and ducks and geese are birds, too. But they are tame and
stay where people do. They do not fly like the little birds, but they
stay around the barnyard and lay eggs for us to eat.

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Ducks and geese love to swim in the water. Both the big and the little
ones can swim, but chickens can not.

The old mother hen sometimes has many little chicks running around
her. They stay pretty close, because they are afraid that something
might harm them.

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Chicks are sometimes caught by hawks, which fly around watching for
them. In the picture we see a dog driving a hawk away from the old hen
and chickens. Don't you think he is a good dog?

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A farmer had a dog whose name was Ring. Even though he was asleep, if
a chicken gave the note of alarm, he would jump up and bark at once.
Then he would run after the hawk and drive it away.

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When lying quiet it was amusing to see how quickly he would jump up
and bark when any one would say, "Hawk!"

Wee Pretty Kitty

"Wee pretty kitty,
With nothing to do,
Only to take
Little naps in a shoe.
You look very nice
While lying in there,
With never a thought
Of sorrow or care.
Yet I am so glad
That I am not you,
For I can love Jesus,
Which you can not do."

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Creatures of the Water

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Fishes are queer creatures that live in water. Men catch them with
hooks and lines or nets and use them for food.

[Illustration: THE GUPPY]

Some fish are very large. We read in the Bible of a man named Jonah.
He was trying to run away from the Lord, who had called him to a work.
While on a ship, during a storm he was thrown into the water. But he
did not drown, for a great fish swallowed him, and carried him
ashore. He then knew that God meant what he said, and so did as God
had commanded.

There are hundreds of different kinds of fishes, and many, many men
earn their living by catching and selling them for food.

Some of Christ's disciples were fishermen when he called them. He told
them that he would make them fishers of men. This meant that he would
prepare them to help other people to become Christians.

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Our Tame