Golden Dicky, The Story of a Canary and His Friends
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Saunders Marshall. Golden Dicky, The Story of a Canary and His Friends
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. I BEGIN THE STORY OF MY LIFE
CHAPTER II. A TRIP DOWNSTAIRS
CHAPTER III. SAMMY-SAM AND LUCY-LOO
CHAPTER IV. A SAD TIME FOR A CANARY FAMILY
CHAPTER V. MY NEW FRIEND, CHUMMY HOLE-IN-THE-WALL
CHAPTER VI. CHUMMY TELLS THE STORY OF A NAUGHTY SQUIRREL
CHAPTER VII. MORE ABOUT SQUIRRIE
CHAPTER VIII. CHUMMY’S OPINIONS
CHAPTER IX. A BIRD’S AFTERNOON TEA
CHAPTER X. ANOTHER CALL FROM CHUMMY
CHAPTER XI. BILLIE SUNDAE BEGINS THE STORY OF HER LIFE
CHAPTER XII. JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER
CHAPTER XIII. MRS. MARTIN ADOPTS BILLIE
CHAPTER XIV. BILLIE AND I HAVE ONE OF OUR TALKS
CHAPTER XV. THE CHILDREN NEXT DOOR
CHAPTER XVI. STORIES ABOUT THE OLD BARN
CHAPTER XVII. I LOSE MY TAIL
CHAPTER XVIII. NELLA, THE MONKEY
CHAPTER XIX. SQUIRRIE’S PUNISHMENT
CHAPTER XX. SISTER SUSIE
CHAPTER XXI. MORE ABOUT SISTER SUSIE
CHAPTER XXII. A TALKING DOG
CHAPTER XXIII. THIRD COUSIN ANNIE
CHAPTER XXIV. BLACK THOMAS CATCHES A BURGLAR
CHAPTER XXV. THE CHILDREN’S RED CROSS ENTERTAINMENT
CHAPTER XXVI. THE BEGINNING OF MY FAMILY CARES
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KNOWN the world over as the champion of the dumb animals, to which her lively imagination has given human speech, Marshall Saunders, the author of “Beautiful Joe,” a book translated into many languages, has enlarged her range of humanitarian interests to take the feathered world into her protecting care. A new story of hers, entitled “Golden Dicky, the Story of a Canary and His Friends,” presents a moving plea, not only in behalf of those prime favorites of the household, the canaries, but of other birds as well, even the too much despised sparrow coming in for anything but half-hearted defence. While one may feel that his imagination must take to itself powerful pinions to follow the story, particularly in the dialogues, yet at the same time he is made aware of how largely the practical enters into it. Miss Saunders has made a careful study of animal and bird life, and introduces into her pages much interesting information of the ways and the needs of her humble protégés, and many useful hints as to their proper care, so that the story is something more than entertaining.
While Dicky-Dick’s chronicles mainly concern the familiar feathered folk of our homes and their leafy environment, the author cannot forego an excursion into her old haunts, and in Billie Sundae, the fox-terrier, a capital new chapter is added to the literature of dog biography and autobiography. The squirrels also come in for a share of attention. Squirrie, the bad squirrel, supplies a proper villain to the cast of characters, with the sensible and good Chickari to redeem his race from opprobrium.
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“Darling, darling,” she twittered in her lovely soft tones. “Come at night and perch near me. Wait till your father puts his head under his wing.”
This was very soothing, and at least I had happy nights, although my days were always more or less worried. Parents don’t know what a lot of trouble their young ones have when they first leave the home nest.
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