The Nursery, March 1873, Vol. XIII.

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

THE PIGEONS AND THEIR FRIEND

A TRUE STORY

ROWDY-DOWDY

THE OBEDIENT CHICKENS

JOHN RAY'S PERFORMING DOGS

THE SLIDERS

THE SONG

ELLEN'S CURE FOR SADNESS

KITTY AND THE BEE

MINDING BABY

LITTLE MISCHIEF

VIII

IX

DEEDS, NOT WORDS

HOW THE WIND FILLS THE SAILS

MOLLY TO HER DOLLY

IDA'S MOUSE

ALMOST LOST

LITTLE MAY

AN IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE

Timothy Tippens

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WHEN I was in Boston about a year ago, I stopped one day at the corner of Washington Street and Franklin Street to witness a pretty sight.

Here, just as you turn into Franklin Street, on the right, a poor peddler used to stand with a few baskets of oranges or apples or peanuts, which he offered for sale to the passers-by.

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He had made them so tame, that they would often light on his shoulders or on his head; and, if he put food in his mouth, they would try to get it even from between his teeth.

The children would flock round to see him; and even the busy newsboy would pause, and forget the newspapers under his arm, while he watched these interviews between the birds and their good friend.

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