215] TO THE LITTLE BIRDS. 7 yard, starving with hunger. Do pray let me give them a little corn!” Her papa very readily granted her so reasonable a request, and away she ran, accompanied by her governess, to the barn on the other side of the yard, which had that morning been cleanly swept. Here she got a handful or two of corn, which she immediately scattered in different parts of the yard. The poor little birds fluttered around her, and soon picked up what the bounty of her generous hand had bestowed on them. It is impossible to describe the pleasure and satisfaction expressed in the countenance of Louisa on seeing herself the cause of giving so much joy to those little animals. As soon as the birds had picked up all the grains, they flew to the house-top, and seemed to look down on Louisa as if they would say, “ Cannot you give us a little more ?” She understood their meaning, and away she flew again to the barn, and down they all came to partake of her new bounty, while Louisa called to her papa and mamma to come and enjoy with her the pleasing sight. In the mean time a little boy came into the yard, whose heart was not of so tender a nature as Louisa’s. He held in his hand a cage full of birds, but carried
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