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Läsebok N:o 17 —19.
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8. The Bird’s Nest.
What makes my Robert look so bright,
And clap his hands for joy?
His eyes his mother’s heart delight.
Come here my darling boy.
Oh, I have got the sweetest nest;
The birds can almost fly.
I want to know what food is best
To give them when they cry.
Dick took the nest and gave it me,
I hope they will not die.
Do, mother, come with me and see,
How prettily they lie!
Ha, cruel child! how could you take
The little birds away?
Listen, what piteous cries they make,
To me they seem to say:
Come,* dearest mother, bring us food
And warmth, or we shall die;
A monster took us from the wood,
Shiv’ring with cold we lie.
Poor little things, you cry in vain;
Your parents cannot hear.
Indeed I’ll not do so again,
Said Robert with a tear.
And ever since he’s kept his word;
For even to this day,
If Richard offers him a bird,
He always walks away.
9. The Man and the Parrot.
A certain man had a parrot. To all the questions they
asked it, it answered, »There is no doubt about it». One day
he took it to the market to sell it, and fixed the price at
twenty pounds. A buyer asked the parrot, »Art thou worth
twenty pounds?»
It replied, »There is no doubt about it».
The buyer, delighted with the bird, bought it, and
carried it home.
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