Young America in feathers is almost as bumptious and
self-assertive and needs almost as much guidance as Young
America in flannels and lawns. Tho the parents may be as wise as
Solomon, the youngster will be foolish and headstrong; he will
call and shout when enemies are near; he will leave the nest
before his wings are ready for service, and so place himself at
the mercy of cats and other prowlers. As soon as he has even
partial use of his wings he will wander into a thousand dangers
and draw his devoted parents after him, for they can not desert
him, and he will not heed their coaxing. In such cases the
distracted parents have been known to attack and beat off their
great enemy, the cat, and even to fly at man himself, sometimes
with success.--OLIVE THORNE MILLER, “The Bird Our
Brother.”
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=Will, Doing God’s=--See TEMPERATURE.