Father Thrift and His Animal Friends

"I live in the big old oak tree near the edge of the forest. I have a nest in the old tree's trunk. There I live with my baby squirrels. There, too, I have gathered and stored n...

"No," replied Father Thrift, smilingly, "the fire has not spoiled anything. When the sap boils, the water in it goes away in steam. And the longer it boils, the more the water g...

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"The kingbird is a fine flycatcher and he does much good. Sometimes he does eat a honeybee, it is true, but it must be because he mistakes it for a large fly.