as much as possible, until he came to the bread; here he snatched a piece and flew down in the grape arbor. Then another one came and he too flew away; and soon all of them were fluttering back and forth.  Some stayed in the tree, but when a fellow-mate brought back a piece of bread, they would fly down and take it from him. Gradually each one got his fill and flew away.
     The clouds, yellow and grey were now moving slowly across the light blue sky; and the sun was sinking into the west, throwing out his golden light in every direction. Robins were singing and sparrows chattering; it is Spring once more.
     Yesterday morning Merle called me up and invited Joe, Louise and me out as Hattie was going to be there. So after supper to-night we three went trooping out, singing and whistling all the way. When we arrived we scraped our feet on the porch and mad a lot of noise, then quietly standing back in the shadow. Finally Edna came to the door and looked out, whereupon we jumped out shouting.  As we went in we heard Hattie and Merle