CALICO AND THE KITTENS 77
THE SPARROW ROOST 91
"MUX" 107
RACOON CREEK 121
THE DRAGON OF THE SWALE 147




BIRDS FROM A CITY ROOF




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ROOF AND MEADOW




BIRDS FROM A CITY ROOF


I laid down my book and listened. It was only the choking gurgle of a
broken rain-pipe outside: then it was the ripple and swish of a meadow
stream. To make out the voices of redwings and marsh-wrens in the rasping
notes of the city sparrows behind the shutter required much more
imagination. But I did it. I wanted to hear, and the splash of the water
helped me.