I have a little canary-bird. He is quite young, but is a beautiful
singer, and almost always when he sings he says, "Pretty, pretty,"
so plain you could not mistake it. He is also very tame, and when I
let him out of his cage he comes and stands on my shoulder, and
hops around me. If I put my finger in his cage, he gets very cross,
and waves his wings and pecks at me, and makes a queer noise as if
he were scolding.
EFFIE T. (twelve years).
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I am a little girl nine years old, and I live in Southbridge,
Massachusetts. I see that one little girl has written about her pet
pigeon. I have a pet squirrel. He is so tame he will run all over
me. Last summer we let him run out in the front yard, and papa put
him in a tree, but he would not climb it. Papa has subscribed for
_Young People_ for me. I like it very much, and look forward with
pleasure to the time for it to come. Thank you for making it
larger; it is just nice.