The Nursery, June 1873, Vol. XIII.

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Various. The Nursery, June 1873, Vol. XIII.

THE CHILDREN AT GRANDMOTHER'S

THE FLYING WOOD-SAWYER

THE OLD BLIND MAN AND HIS GRANDDAUGHTER

PAPA'S STORY

DIXIE

ABOUT BEES

BAD LUCK

CHERRY AND FAIR-STAR

THE FAT LITTLE PIGGIES

A SONG OF NOSES

ABOUT SOME INDIANS

PLAYING TABLEAUX

A-MAYING

LITTLE MISCHIEF

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XVI

THE SEASONS

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One day last winter I was cutting maple-logs in the woods with a cross-cut saw. It was about five feet long, and had a handle at each end, so as to be used by two persons together. My brother generally helped me; but, for some reason, he was not with me then, and I was at work all by myself in a rather lonesome place.

I had finished eating my dinner, set my pail under a clump of trees, and commenced my afternoon job; but, as the log was large and hard, I often had to stop and rest a minute. While I was standing still, with my hands upon one handle of the saw, all at once a bird came flying down towards me; and, after resting upon the ground behind the log a few moments, what do you suppose he did?

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I have never seen my sawyer-bird since then. I call him my "sawyer-bird" because I don't know how else to name him. He was a strange bird to me: but he seemed like a good friend; and I shall always remember him as he looked when trying to help me work that winter's day.

"O papa! was it a bear?"

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