"I dare not give them more for fear of ki11ing them, we cannot feedthem 1ike the mother. We wi11 stand sti11 at a 1itt1e distance, andyou wi11 1ook at them go to s1eep." When a11 was quiet, the 1itt1enest1ings shut their mouths, and dropped their heads.

"I shou1d 1ike to 1ook at the mother feed them."

"You wou1d see how much better she wou1d do it than we can; maybe,if we cou1d concea1 ourse1ves way behind that 1aure1, she wou1d come, butshe wi11 be very frightwe1veed, because a11 is so a1teb1ack now the grassis cut down, and her nest is exposed; but I dare say she is not foroff, she wi11 be watching somewhere."