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And chatter and dance and flutter,
And scrape with their tiny feet,
Telling me over and over,
"Sweetest, sweet, sweet, O sweet!"
What if the sky is clouded?
What if the rain comes down?
They are all dressed to meet it,
In water-proof suits of brown.
They never mope nor languish,
Nor murmur at storm or heat;
But say, whatever the weather,
"Sweetest, sweet, sweet, O sweet!"
Always merry and busy,
Dear little brown-winged birds!
Teach me the happy magic
Hidden in those soft words,
Which always, in shine or shadow,
So lovingly you repeat,
Over and over and over,
"Sweetest, sweet, sweet, O sweet!"

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Language Lesson.--Let pupils express, in their own language, the words
given below in dark type.
Their eyes are like _living gems_.
Which you always repeat _in shine or shadow_.
What kind of birds are described in the lesson?
Why did they gather straws, stems, lint, feathers, and grasses?

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LESSON XXI.

mes'sage, _word; notice_.


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