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ernels of corn he had planted. But Twinkle's father didn't aim very straight, for the birds screamed at the bang of the gun and quickly flew away

nd that one of the little lead bullets had broken the right w

it; but it was too young to hurt any one, so Twinkle's

t can't fly, because its wing is broken; but don't let it get too near

at once got her mother to bandage the br

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look in them. They were hazel-brown in color, and the bird had a queer way of turning his head on one side to look at Twinkle with his right eye, and then twis

d Jim, although he never could find out the reason. But the name seemed

le-leg-when they were in the house. The crow would run all around, as far as the string would let him go; but he couldn't get away. And when they went out of doors Twinkle held the end of the cord in h

upon her shoulder. And whenever she entered the room where he was he would say, "Ca

aid that was because he was so young, and because his broken wing kept him from flying in the air and rejoining his fellows.

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en he waded into a pan of milk or jumped upon the dinner table and ate up papa's pumpkin pie before Twinkle could stop him. But all pets are more or le