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· THE TEMPEH.ANCE BIRD
M
ARY M
has a pet canary bird which has shown
great intelligence and has been trained to many pretty
ways.
Each day at meal time Mary opens the door of the cage and
Dicky flies out and lights upon her shoulder. He had been taught
that he must be quite still w:hile Mr.. M. asks
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blessing on
their food.
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Once fairly perched on her shoulder he expects a taste of
everything she eats; and whenever she drinks she holds up to
him a teaspoon of coffee or tea which "he sips with relish.
One day Mary was ill, feeling no appetite and growing often
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