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Why Little Birds Hop And Other Birds Walk

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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
April
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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A Hule bird sat on a twig of a tree. A-swinging and singing as glad as could be. And shakiug his taii, and smoothlng his dress. And hoving such fun as vou never could guess. And when he had finished his gay little song, He Hcw down in the strcct and went hupping along, This way and that way with both little fc.-t, While his sharp little eyes looked for somethïnff t eat. A litüe boy said tn him : ' Litlle bird, stopt And lell me Üie reason you go with a hop. Wliy don't you walk as boys do, and men, One foot :it a tinte, like a dove ura hen? "How queer it would look i f, when you go out, You should sec little boys go jumping about Like you, little bird I And you don't know what fun U is to bc ablc to walk and to run." Then the litlle bird went with a hop, hop. hop ; And he laughed, and he taughed as he never would stop; And he d : 'LiuIe boy. thcre are some birds that talk. And some birds that hop, and some birds that walk. , our eyes, little boy; watch closely and see. What'httle birds hop, both feet, just like me, And what little birds walk, like the duck and the hen. And wnen you know that you'U know more tlian some men. "Every bird that can scratch in the dirt can walk; Every bird that can wade in the water can walk; Every bird that has claws to catch prey with can walk; One foot at a time -that is why they can walk. "lïut most little birds who can sing you a toog Are so smatl that the ir lcgs are not very streng To scratch with, or wade with, or catch things - that 's why They hop with botli lect. Little boy good bye. The exceptions to the above rule are rare. The rule is generally correct, and so simple as to be easily remcinbored.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News