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... mother does , that it would not do to let her children go out in the frost , the snow and cold of winter without ... mothers . She dresses her babies in white nightgowns of softest , warmest down , wraps them in light , green blankets ...
... mother does , that it would not do to let her children go out in the frost , the snow and cold of winter without ... mothers . She dresses her babies in white nightgowns of softest , warmest down , wraps them in light , green blankets ...
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... Mother Nature , and are the trees and the bushes , and the sheltering rocks and the caves , and the cornices of our own houses . What birds really do build are their cradles , little crib beds , sometimes with rockers and some- times ...
... Mother Nature , and are the trees and the bushes , and the sheltering rocks and the caves , and the cornices of our own houses . What birds really do build are their cradles , little crib beds , sometimes with rockers and some- times ...
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... mother blinks away on the nest or goes off in search of food . Sometimes the mother herself sings the babies to sleep , sitting in the cradle with them . Some of the finches twitter a low , musical song over their little ones , and we ...
... mother blinks away on the nest or goes off in search of food . Sometimes the mother herself sings the babies to sleep , sitting in the cradle with them . Some of the finches twitter a low , musical song over their little ones , and we ...
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... mother birds do not approve of rockers for their babies . These are very sensible mothers . They make their cradles in the firm , still crotch of a NEST OF VIREO tree , high up among the forked branches , or lower , right in the hollow ...
... mother birds do not approve of rockers for their babies . These are very sensible mothers . They make their cradles in the firm , still crotch of a NEST OF VIREO tree , high up among the forked branches , or lower , right in the hollow ...
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... mother bird has . At first thought one might fear that such a quilt might be too heavy . You see the old bird flies to the nest and settles quickly down above her young , as if she took her seat right on their frail little backs . She ...
... mother bird has . At first thought one might fear that such a quilt might be too heavy . You see the old bird flies to the nest and settles quickly down above her young , as if she took her seat right on their frail little backs . She ...
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