THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL

BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN



To

The Three Dearest Children in the World,
BERTHA, LUCY, AND HORATIO.


"O little ones, ye cannot know
The power with which ye plead,
Nor why, as on through life we go,
The little child doth lead."




CONTENTS

I. A LITTLE SNOW-BIRD
II. DROOPING WINGS
III. THE BIRD'S NEST
IV. "BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER"
V. SOME OTHER BIRDS ARE TAUGHT TO FLY
VI. "WHEN THE PIE WAS OPENED,
THE BIRDS BEGAN TO SING"
VII. THE BIRDLING FLIES AWAY