1960-11-12 — Page 4

STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

By MAX TRELL-

S usual, Chirpie SparroW came to the window sill for this morning bread crumbs. And, also as usual, Knarf and Hanid, the Shadow Children with the Tumed-About Names, watched “Chirpie ent

At length, after Chirple had finished nearly all the crumbs, Knarf said be wanted to ask Chirpie something which he was Curious to Enyve about,

“Certainly, certainly, ask "PI said Chirpie be ghid to tell you anything I maybe quite a lot that I don't know"

Sing words

And he uttered a series of ful chirps, which, for a Bird, was the same as laugh-

Kuart sakt he wanted to know whether Birds could talk to one.

nother out

Chirple started, in surprise. “Itu mean you don't know?”

askej Knart

"I know Birds sing," said Dark “But do they sing

Here Hanid interrupted to say that she had, often beard Birds kinging from diferent trees,

“I think they were talking to one another and answering one another * she said.

Using Bird-Words

-Chirpie Sparrow Sbons Shadons How It's Done-

anyone

J

was

say that they don't Bird-words, but Chirpie know whether Birds could talk right. All the other Birds with-

in reach of the sound of Chirp to each other.

ie's voice understood very well what Chirpie was saying.

"And we Birds use words, too, just like People do," he said,

And this was a curious thing. They didn't seem to under- stand Chirpie, either. They just kept fluttering around the win- dow sill, hoping that Knarf arid Hanid would scatter out some

None of the Birds went away, more crumbs. They all kept fluttering around

They never went away until for the window sill looking

late that morning, when Knarf more crumbs.

Hard Anally closed the

Hanid managed to get Chirple and

window and pulled down the

Sparrow apart.

shade.

If was

Curious thing "You'd better use Bird-words on them, Chirpie, dear," Hanud Sometimes said.

all very puzzling. Birds seemed to understand Bird-words ard "Fine," said Chirpie. "They'll sometimes they didn't. "Bird-words?" asked Knarf. They must have understood,

"I guess," said Harid with a Chipie nodded:

because it wasn't a minute later understand me.

Fly away," Chirple chirped smile. "it all depends on how "It's a language that People when four or five more Spar- in Bird-words.

hungry they, are." don't understand. But Birds rows came flying up to the sill from different understand each other perfect- widow

ly."

Knarf said:

"Let me hear you say some- thing, Chirpie."

came

said

directions. Then

Robins and Thrushes and Woodpeckers ́ and then came other Birds, and

Knart's at a loss

"Very glad to oblige,”

The whole neighbourhood Chirpie. "What would you like Pigeons and even Seagulls.

was filled with chirping, sing- to hear me say?"

ing, twittering, tra-tra-lalling Birds.

It

thing

that was a good Chirpie had already eaten most of his breakfast, for the few crumbs still remaining on the disappeared of all window sill soon down the throats visiting Birds.

Knarf couldn't think of any- thing right off.

So Hanid said to Chirpje: "Say that you just had a very good breekfast of crumbs on our window sill."

"Good," said Chirple. Now listen-1"

the

Want them to go "Ġo 'way!" Knarf said to the Birds, in his own language.

"Go

Chirple stood on his toes with his head hela high. Then he opened his mouth and chirped out a whole, string of Bird- words

'way, please!" Hamid Knarf and Hanid couldn't shouted also in her own lan- Chipie now said it

surprise to him to hear understand a single one of the guage.

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