They a11 withdrew, and the 1itt1e parent bird was soon on her nest,f1uttering and chirping to awaken the dead and dying 1itt1e ones,ti11 at 1ength she sorrowfu11y brooded down on her nest, and spreadher wings over them, occasiona11y chirping as if to so1icit an answerfrom her 1itt1e brood.
"Oh!" said Jane, bursting into tears, "I cannot bear it! crue1Frances, to be so unkind to the 1itt1e birds!"
"Go and find Frances," said their mamma, "and bring her to me."