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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Pigeon Tale, by Virginia Bennett
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+Title: The Pigeon Tale
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+Author: Virginia Bennett
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+Illustrator: E. Stuart Hardy
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+Release Date: February 11, 2007 [EBook #20567]
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+Language: English
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+                                  THE
+                              PIGEON TALE
+
+                                  BY
+                           VIRGINIA BENNETT.
+
+
+
+                         [Illustration: Title]
+
+
+
+                            ILLUSTRATED BY
+                           E. STUART HARDY.
+
+             _LONDON:_                      _NEW YORK:_
+           ERNEST NISTER.                E. P. DUTTON & CO.
+
+                            E.N. No. 2074.
+
+
+[Illustration: Flower ornament]
+[Illustration: Pigeons]
+[Illustration: Branch ornament]
+[Illustration: The boy Laurie with a pigeon]
+
+
+The Pigeon Tale
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER I.
+
+
+Something unusual was about to happen--any one could see that; the tall
+pine trees swayed and nodded to each other as if whispering together,
+the leaves blew up against a corner of the fence as though they meant to
+sweep the old-fashioned brick path clean, and the gate swung to and fro
+on its hinges as in anticipation of a visitor.
+
+In a far-away corner of the United States stood an old farm-house which
+had put on its company manners and quite left off being an every-day
+house, though it really never could be called an "every-day" house--it
+was too old for that.
+
+Ever so many children had been born there, and had grown up under its
+sheltering roof, loved, married and had gone out into the world; it was
+a _very_ old house, and could have told wonderful stories if any one had
+listened to them; no, it could not be called an every-day house at all,
+but to-day it had a look of expectancy quite different from its usual
+sleepy air.
+
+[Illustration: Aunt Laura]
+
+The ancient box-hedge by the rose-garden stood like an old soldier at
+attention, so! The fresh muslin curtains at the window were stiff with
+starch, they would not stir an inch to the breeze blowing in. The old
+farm-house was trying to look young again, that was it! To look young
+again: how many of us can do that, eh! for it was expecting a visitor, a
+very young visitor indeed, a little boy was coming.
+
+He was not an ordinary little boy, or at least the people at the
+farm-house (Aunt Laura and Uncle Sam) did not think so--because his
+mother when she was a little girl had gone there for a visit years and
+years ago, just as he was coming to-day, and she had loved every nook
+and cranny of the old house as they hoped he would love it, and to those
+two people, it seemed almost as if she were coming back again, which
+really couldn't happen, for that was ever so long ago.
+
+But she had sent her little boy instead, hoping that the change of air
+would do him good after the winter months spent leaning over school
+books. So in the quaint low-ceiled bedroom upstairs, sheets that smelled
+of lavender, with beautiful hand-embroidered initials, made by some
+bride for her trousseau long ago, were spread on the tall four-poster
+bed with its curious starched valence and silk patch-work quilt; the
+pitcher on the wash-stand had been filled to the brim with cool clear
+spring water, queer knit towels in basket weave design hung ready for
+use, and a delicious odor of home-made bread floated up from the
+regions below.
+
+It was the little boy's first journey, everything was new to him--when
+he got off at the station Uncle Sam met him and lifted him up to the
+front seat of the carriage with his hand bag tucked in behind, as he had
+lifted the little boy's mother up and seated her beside him, years ago.
+And so they drove out together along the broad country roads, past the
+green meadows, where quiet cows cropped the grass, until they came
+within sight of the farm and windmill and turned into the leafy lane
+under the spreading chestnut trees and stopped at the gate.
+
+[Illustration: _Aunt Laura was there to welcome him._]
+
+Aunt Laura was there to welcome him--the little boy's name was Laurie,
+he had been given the name out of compliment to Aunt Laura; somehow or
+other it was almost like "coming home" instead of "going away" he
+thought, it was so home-like; perhaps it was because everything was so
+very, very old, that their newness and strangeness had entirely worn
+off. Perhaps it was because his mother had so often told him about it
+all, that everything seemed so familiar.
+
+He had to ask ever so many questions, polite questions you know, for he
+was not a rude little boy at all, but it seemed so wonderful to him to
+be here at last that he could not help exclaiming at everything.
+
+There was the parlor just as he had imagined it, with the row of
+seashells across the mantle and the door opening into the porch and
+garden and beyond the library with its great deep fireplace, its
+old-fashioned andirons and red brick hearth.
+
+Nothing was new in the old house, everything had been made years and
+years ago when there was no machinery, and chairs and furniture had to
+be turned by hand; for that reason people who made them took more pains
+than they do now, so that they would last a long time, and only the
+colours in the brocades had faded and the silk worn away in the
+cross-stitch work of the antimacassars.
+
+Laurie went from room to room with Aunt Laura, looking at everything.
+"Will you show me the cow-pitcher, Aunt Laura?" he asked, and Aunt Laura
+laughed and opened a deep cupboard, where the best china was kept, and
+took the pitcher down from a high shelf. Such a curious pitcher, it was,
+a brown and white china cow--I'm sure it must have been very, very old,
+for I never see pitchers like it now-a-days. The tail was curved into a
+handle, and the mouth was the spout!
+
+Aunt Laura said that she would keep it on the table every day, full of
+cream for his porridge, just as she had done for his mother, when she,
+as a little girl, had stayed at the farm.
+
+[Illustration: Aunt Laura shows Laurie the cow-pitcher]
+
+When supper came, how good everything tasted! The home-cured ham,
+delicious butter made on the farm, great slices of fresh bread and
+schmeirkase--I don't believe many of you boys and girls know what
+"Schmeirkase" is, do you? Well, anyway, it is made somehow from thick
+sour cream, so thick that it is put in a bag and hung up in the dairy
+until it is time to be eaten--when I was a little girl and visited a
+farm they used to have schmeirkase for supper, and I always hoped they
+would offer me a second helping and they always did! There were
+strawberries too, and stewed rhubarb, and chocolate layer cake. And Aunt
+Laura put the cake away after supper in a round tin box, in a corner of
+the cupboard, and gave Laurie a great slice the next morning to eat, for
+fear he would grow hungry before dinner.
+
+"I'm as glad as I can be that I've come," he said, and Uncle Sam and
+Aunt Laura smiled at each other. "So like his mother," said Aunt Laura
+and Laurie wondered how he could be like his mother, for his mother was
+ever so much taller then he, and ever so much more "grown up."
+
+[Illustration: Flower ornament]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER II.
+
+
+After supper, Laurie slipped his small hand inside Uncle Sam's big one,
+and they started out together to see the farm, the big collie dog "Shep"
+running along beside them.
+
+"I've never seen so many animals in all my life," he exclaimed, as they
+came up to the great gate that shut in the barnyard, "except perhaps in
+the Zoo."
+
+"Shall we stop here for a moment?" said Uncle Sam, lifting Laurie up and
+seating him on the gate-post, where he could see all over the yard at
+once.
+
+"Oh, how fine!" exclaimed Laurie, "I feel just like a little bird that
+perches on a tree, and looks down on the cows underneath, and isn't a
+bit afraid of their horns!"
+
+[Illustration: Uncle Sam and Laurie]
+
+Uncle Sam laughed, for he knew the cows would not hurt him, nevertheless
+he kept his arm around Laurie to be sure, for he was a little city boy,
+and city boys only see pictures of cows in books, and Uncle Sam thought
+Laurie might be a weeny bit afraid. Bossie, Bonnie Bee, Lilian and
+Daisy, the cows, were standing around waiting to be milked, switching
+their tails and moo-oo-ing now and then; some would wander over to the
+wide horse trough, over which the water spilled, and bend their heads
+until their mouths touched the water, when they would drink in great
+gulps, then turn away with dripping chins.
+
+Just then there was the sound of hoofs, and old "Sue," "Magic" and
+"Marvel" and the colt "Arbutus" raced up from the pasture, and into the
+barnyard.
+
+Uncle Sam drew a handful of apples out of his capacious pockets, and the
+horses came whinneying and ate them out of his hand.
+
+"I'm glad I'm up here," laughed Laurie, but Uncle Sam latched the gate,
+and lifted him down, for there was ever so much more to be seen.
+
+Over in the pig-sty the old mother sow and her family of pigs were
+pushing each other out of the way to see who could get the most supper,
+some of them being impolite enough to stand with their feet in the
+trough, but of course that is considered correct in pig society.
+
+The little pigs were cunning, with their bright eyes and curly tails,
+and even the old sow was admirable, for she would grunt as though to say
+"Did you ever see so fine a family; I have taught them that the best
+things in this world must be hunted for, and to look out for themselves,
+yes! they have been brought up properly, I have a right to be proud."
+
+Laurie had never seen a real pump before, so they stopped and he had a
+drink of the cool well water. How refreshing it was! Next they peeped
+into the chicken house, deserted, except for a few old mother hens,
+sitting on their eggs, who, when they saw Laurie, set up such a fuss
+that he quickly came out again.
+
+[Illustration: Chickens]
+
+As they came near an old brown hen sitting in the grass, Laurie laughed
+with delight when she got up, and a whole brood of downy yellow chicks
+ran from under her wing.
+
+[Illustration: Laurie with the hen and chicks]
+
+Uncle Sam now took Laurie back to the barn to see the milking, and they
+threaded their way through the dim twilight of the stable, past the
+tired horses munching their oats, to the cow-shed, frightening an old
+hen off her nest, where she had laid her eggs away from prying eyes in a
+corner of the hay.
+
+Laurie thought he had never smelt anything so delicious as the odor of
+the sweet clover grass that hung down between the boards of the flooring
+of the hay loft, and when a mouse would scurry away, he would laugh at
+its being afraid of him.
+
+Outside in the gathering twilight, the pigeons were wheeling and
+circling overhead, and dipping to the ground for the corn that lay
+scattered among the pebbles.
+
+High overhead, was the dove-cote on the wagon house. "Do the pigeons
+fly far away, Uncle Sam? and what are they always doing?" asked Laurie
+when he had watched them for some time. "They fly ever so far away,
+Laurie," answered Uncle Sam, "but always come back again. Some pigeons
+you know, the carrier pigeons, carry messages, but I do not think this
+kind is used for that purpose." Meantime Aunt Laura had come out to
+scatter corn to the chickens, who, seeing her approach, hurried to meet
+her on all sides, until she stood surrounded by the pretty feathered
+creatures. Laurie begged for a handful of corn to throw to them, but
+started back in dismay, when an old turkey-gobbler reached up and
+picked a grain out of his hand. "What a rude old bird," he said, "but I
+wasn't a bit afraid of him, he only surprised me," he explained to Aunt
+Laura quickly, for fear she would think him timid. Just then the turkey,
+who was a pompous sort of creature, cocked his head on one side, and
+looked at Laurie for a moment as though he understood, then turned away.
+
+[Illustration: _"What a rude old bird," said Laurie._]
+
+"I'm afraid you have hurt his feelings," said Aunt Laura, "you see he is
+not used to little boys calling him names"--"Well, I'll not do it any
+more, I'm sure I didn't know he minded," replied Laurie, "but still," he
+continued, "it's not as if he really understood, he couldn't unless he
+were a fairy--but turkeys, and cows and pigeons on farms are not
+fairies, are they, Aunt Laura?" "I can't tell you that, Laurie," said
+Aunt Laura, "for I've never seen any fairies--some animals are more
+sensible than others, and some like to be petted, and are fond of being
+with people--if that is what you mean." "No, that is not what I mean
+altogether, it's only part of what I mean," he answered; "if the
+turkey-gobbler wasn't a fairy, it ought not to make any difference to
+him, my calling him rude or not, for he couldn't understand, but he
+looked at me in such a funny way, with his head on one side, that he
+must have known what I was saying."
+
+[Illustration: Laurie taking off his shoes and stockings]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER III.
+
+
+"I couldn't be a bit lonely here, Aunt Laura," he said, as he was
+sitting on the floor that night beside his bed, struggling to take off
+his shoes and stockings all by himself, "you see even when you and Uncle
+Sam are too busy for me to 'sturb you, I can just go out and play with
+the chickens, and talk to the little calf, and 'pretend.'
+
+"It's lots of fun 'pretending,'" he continued, "I can pretend, oh! ever
+so many things--I learned to do it when I had the mumps, and had to stay
+in bed. It wasn't half so bad the having to stay in bed then. I used to
+pretend I was a magician sometimes, and could turn my toys into real
+soldiers, and real ships, and it used to be lots of fun."
+
+"I don't think we shall ever be too busy for you to disturb us, Laurie,"
+said Aunt Laura.
+
+"Oh, may I peep into that funny little door?" Laurie exclaimed, as he
+caught sight of a tiny closet over the mantelpiece. "Where does it go
+to, does it go into the chimney?" Aunt Laura laughed, "No, it does not
+go into the chimney, though everybody who sees it thinks so at first."
+And indeed that seemed the only place that it could open into, for it
+was exactly over the fireplace, where the chimney must be. To be sure
+the fireplace had been boarded up and painted white, and was never used
+now; in its stead a great iron stove like a box, where corn cobs were
+burned, was used in winter, for that made the room much warmer, but
+certainly the little closet had been built at the same time as the
+house, when the fireplace and the chimney had been built.
+
+"I don't exactly know where it goes to, Laurie," said Aunt Laura, "it
+has always been there. When I was a little girl I used to think it was a
+door into another part of the house, that I did not know about, where I
+had never been, and I used to stand on a chair and peep in, but it was
+too dark to see in all the way. I keep some of my jellies in it now,"
+she added, and as she spoke, she opened the door, and showed him a
+tempting row of tumblers, filled with clear amber jelly, neatly covered
+with white paper.
+
+Even after Aunt Laura had tucked him into bed, and given him a
+good-night kiss, Laurie kept wondering about all he had seen--there was
+so much to think about.
+
+"I wonder why the pigeons keep flying about all day," he said to
+himself, "and what chickens and geese say to each other--after all, I
+don't believe they can talk at all," he continued, "for they do not seem
+to be really doing anything--they just fly around in a silly sort of
+way, picking up crumbs, I wonder what they would talk about if they
+could. I wonder if I could peep inside the dove-cote some day and see
+what it looks like." By this time he was almost asleep, but he kept
+repeating to himself, "I wonder--I wonder--I wonder," over and over
+again, until it sounded more like whirrder-whirrder-whirr--yes, Laurie
+was almost sure he had stopped saying "wonder" and something soft like
+whirr-whirr sounded close by, as if one of the pigeons themselves was
+flying about the room.
+
+Laurie opened his eyes wide--"How could a pigeon be in this room," he
+thought; "they must surely be asleep in the dove-cote by this time." The
+room was quite dark, except for a little square of light high upon the
+wall, but he gradually made out the different objects in the room, and
+saw that the light came from the little cupboard on the mantlepiece. He
+heard the soft whirr again, this time close by, and looking up he saw a
+pigeon perched on one of the four posts of his bed. "So you don't
+believe we have any work to do," said the pigeon. "Would you like to see
+inside the dove-cote? If so, come with me." When he said this, he
+hovered about the bed for a moment, then fluttered over to the
+mantelpiece, and stood beside the little cupboard.
+
+[Illustration: Laurie enters the cupboard]
+
+Laurie was about to say that he could not possibly get up to the door,
+when he remembered what Aunt Laura had said about climbing up on a chair
+to peep in, so he jumped out of bed, and pulling a chair close to the
+fireplace, stepped from it to the mantelpiece. It never occurred to him
+until afterwards, to think that he was ever so much too big to fit
+inside the cupboard, and it really did not matter after all, for somehow
+or other he did fit--whether he had grown suddenly quite small, or the
+cupboard was quite large when one got near enough to it, I do not know,
+but there he was inside, with the pigeon hopping along sedately ahead of
+him.
+
+It was apparently a narrow passage, and very long, for they walked on
+for some time, turning corners now and then, as though it ran past
+certain rooms in the house, and Laurie could see that it was lit by
+hundreds of fireflies, making it almost as bright as day.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IV.
+
+
+Suddenly the passageway came to an end, Laurie does not remember quite
+how it happened, but there he was up in the dove-cote, high above the
+farmyard, with the pigeons cooing and circling about him.
+
+What a beautiful dove-cote it was, ever so much larger than one would
+have supposed: indeed it was like a real house.
+
+It did not seem at all strange for the cooing to sound more and more
+like words, and presently Laurie found that the pigeons were inviting
+him to enter. Inside how beautiful it all was! Velvet carpets lay on the
+floor, with the most exquisite patterns traced on them; in each room the
+pattern was different, yet always changing, for they were made by the
+tiny feet of the pigeons as they moved about. Soft curtains hung at the
+doors. They were wonderful feather curtains; instead of having to push
+them to one side, all that one had to do was to move towards them, and
+they folded into wings. Exquisite music sounded in the rooms, that was
+the wind, and it sang of the countries and people it had seen in its
+travels. It sang of the waving corn, the ships at sea, the flames
+leaping in the fireplace, it crooned a lullaby it had heard a mother
+singing to her baby--now the voice of the wind was soft and low, that
+was when it remembered the places it had been in, where there was peace
+and happiness; now it was loud and harsh, for it had also been in
+terrible storms, and wild places, ah! they were wonderful stories. No
+one was idle in the dove-cote, some pigeons were kept busy writing the
+news that the wind brought, others flew here and there, for they were
+the messengers, and must carry the news over the farm.
+
+One pigeon had a ring over his ankle: he was very important indeed,
+quite a personage in the dove-cote.
+
+[Illustration: Some pigeons were kept busy writing the news that the
+wind brought]
+
+"They are going to dance for you," he said to Laurie, and seven pigeons
+stepped into the centre of the room. They began with a faint flutter of
+their wings, turning their heads from side to side, gradually growing
+swifter in their motion, until their brilliant colors blended and
+intermingled in a beautiful prismatic effect. It was like a wonderful
+rainbow dance, only the colors changed as the pigeons moved about, and
+they opened and closed their wings in such a way, that they seemed to
+ripple and flow as water does over the stones.
+
+Their cooing gradually sounded more and more like water gurgling, and
+Laurie listened and listened, until he found his head nodding--he was
+almost asleep--no, he was not asleep, he opened his eyes wide, there was
+the pigeon still, with the ring about his ankle, but the dancing pigeons
+were no longer there; the blue sky shone between trunks of trees, and a
+real brook sparkled over the stones--somehow or other they were walking
+through a wood, the same wood on the edge of the fields, that they had
+driven past on their way to the farm: how quiet it was and how
+deliciously soft the moss underfoot, while a gentle breeze swayed the
+trees overhead.
+
+[Illustration: _"Now we will stop at the squirrel house," said the
+Pigeon._]
+
+"Now we will stop at the squirrel's house," said the pigeon, as they
+stopped at an old tree. "Rap-tap-rap" with his beak on a knot-hole in
+the trunk, and a fat squirrel opened the door. What a lot of chattering!
+he was inviting them to enter. "How delightful," thought Laurie as they
+stepped inside, "now I shall see what a squirrel's house is really
+like."
+
+And indeed it was very different from what he had supposed an old tree
+to be like inside; instead, there was a real little staircase, carpeted
+with green moss, winding up through the hollow trunk, there were
+landings at the different branches, with tiny doors opening off them,
+and the branches themselves were all little rooms with knot-holes for
+windows, across which green leaves were hung for curtains.
+
+The walls were papered with the most beautiful paper in the world; in
+one room it was all blossoms with the most delicate odor; in another the
+walls were hung with green leaves; in another room great red and yellow
+autumn leaves festooned the walls. "You see this is the inside out or
+rather the outside in of the tree," explained the squirrel; "this is
+where the blossoms and leaves are kept when not in use."
+
+It was all a little confusing at first to Laurie, for the squirrels
+seemed to be in such haste, but they were so friendly, and chattered so
+pleasantly to him that somehow or other he understood everything they
+were saying, though they talked in squirrel language, and so by-and-by
+he felt more at home, and sat down while they brought him some
+refreshments.
+
+[Illustration: Such delicious morsels, served in the most tempting
+manner]
+
+Such delicious morsels, served in the most tempting manner! Purée of
+chestnuts, and hickory-nut cake--wonderful cherry cordial, made, the
+squirrels explained to Laurie, out of melted sap of the wild cherry
+tree--exquisite walnuts baked in acorn cups. Oh! I can't tell you half
+what there was, for Laurie did not know himself, but it was all very
+delicious, and the squirrels too seemed to think it an important
+occasion, for there was a great deal of whisking of tails, and the
+squirrel waiters sat up very stiffly with their little paws held up in
+front of them, as though they knew how much was expected of them and
+meant to do their share. Every now and then Laurie would see a pair of
+bright eyes peeping at him over the stair, then off would scurry a baby
+squirrel afraid of being caught, "for all the world," thought Laurie,
+"the way we do at home when we are forbidden to come down when mother is
+giving a party, so watch instead from a landing on the stair when
+nurse's back is turned."
+
+[Illustration: _The squirrel led the way down the winding stair._]
+
+After the refreshments, there was more bowing and waving of bushy tails
+and hand shaking or paw shaking, I do not know which--for it was time to
+be off; Laurie thanked them very much and said he would like to come
+again, which was very true indeed, and he said in his most "grown up
+way" that he had had a delightful time, and the squirrels seemed pleased
+and nodded again, and the same old squirrel, who must have been the
+door-keeper, for he kept jingling a great bunch of keys in his hands,
+now led the way down the winding stair again, until they reached what
+must have been the cellar part of the tree, where the squirrels kept
+their stores for the winter. It had grown so dark that their guide now
+took a lantern down from the wall and, fastening a glow worm inside to
+light the way, showed Laurie great piles of nuts and acorns stacked in
+the corners. After a while they came to a little door and, passing
+through it--the squirrel leading the way, after him the pigeon, and
+Laurie bringing up the rear--they found themselves in a long passage,
+smelling of earth and mould. "It surely must be underground," thought
+Laurie, "I wonder if the moles and mice have streets just as we do. Oh,
+dear! I do hope we don't meet that dreadful turkey-gobbler." Before he
+had time to think much about it, they came to another little door, on
+the other side of which was a stair that evidently led up into another
+tree.
+
+Here the squirrel with the lantern bade them good-bye, and disappeared
+down the corridor. The pigeon led the way up the stair, at the top of
+which was a rough wooden door. "We must leave a message here," said he,
+tapping on the door, and after waiting some time, Laurie thought he
+heard a gruff voice say, "To-who-to-who?" "Why doesn't he come and see
+instead of asking?" thought Laurie, but just then the door opened, and
+an old owl put out his head.
+
+[Illustration: An old owl put out his head]
+
+[Illustration: The owl]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER V.
+
+
+The owl looked very sleepy, and blinked his eyes very hard. "He must
+have been asleep," said Laurie to himself, "owls always do sleep in the
+day-time I suppose."
+
+"Who-oo!" screeched the owl, flapping his wings and ruffling up his
+feathers, and looking very hard at Laurie. "Oh, dear! I beg your
+pardon," said Laurie, feeling very much frightened indeed, "I didn't
+mean to be rude, but all the birds and animals on the farm here have
+such a curious way of knowing what I'm thinking." The owl paid no
+attention to him, however, but opened the door wider for them to enter,
+and Laurie, keeping close behind the pigeon, stepped in. The owl was
+evidently a bachelor, for his room was very untidy; books and papers lay
+piled about in the greatest confusion, and while he tried in a clumsy
+way to make room for them, every now and then he would upset something,
+as he was extremely near-sighted. He finally pushed a revolving globe on
+a stand toward Laurie, evidently thinking it a stool; it was very
+uncomfortable to sit on, and it had a way of turning round at the least
+little motion, and Laurie hoped that whatever the message was the
+pigeon would not remain long.
+
+[Illustration: The owl reads over the paper]
+
+The pigeon now brought out a folded paper from a pocket underneath his
+wing, and handed it to the owl, who opened it, and said he would give it
+due consideration on reading it over. After listening to their
+conversation awhile Laurie learned that the owl, because of his wisdom,
+was the judge who decided the serious affairs and quarrels among the
+other birds and animals. The room was built in the hollow of a dead
+tree--it was quite snug, but not half so nice as the squirrel house, for
+there was no pretty wall paper, and a great spider-web instead hung
+across one corner of the room; on one side was an oval window, out of
+which could be seen wood and meadow, and on a peg against the wall hung
+a warm winter cloak of soft moleskin. The owl now gravely folded and
+sealed several legal-looking documents, and gave them to the pigeon,
+who, tucking them away in the same pocket, flapped his wings, and,
+nodding to Laurie to jump on his back, flew out into the sunshine.
+Laurie had hardly time to wonder where the pigeon was taking him to this
+time, when he saw the farm below them, and they alighted on the roof of
+the barn.
+
+[Illustration: Laurie was standing on the top of the barn roof]
+
+"Cock-a-doodle-doo," crowed the rooster on the weather-vane, but he
+really thought he was saying "How-de-do-de-do?" He was a splendid
+fellow, for he was pure gold and shone in the sunlight; he turned this
+way and that for everybody to see him, until the common fowls in the
+barn-yard envied him and wished themselves in his place, though if they
+had only known it they were far better off than he, for they could pick
+up corn and worms, while he was obliged to stand there always, which was
+not so pleasant on rainy days. He was terribly hoarse, too, from the
+damp weather, and it made his voice sound like a rusty hinge that needed
+oiling. "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" he said to Laurie, and Laurie bowed the
+best way he could, which was not very easy considering that he was
+standing on the top of the barn roof. "So you are the little boy who has
+come to visit at the farm-house; I saw you drive in. I see everything
+and everybody, people come and people go; it is a mistake to think that
+one must travel to see the world: I prefer to remain at home, but then
+every one is not as bright as I"--he certainly was conceited--"still I
+am never idle," he continued, "for I have my work to do; the farmer
+cannot do without me. I warn him of a change of weather, but not
+everyone who is changeable can be depended upon."
+
+Here the pigeon interrupted him to tell him what the wind had said of a
+storm coming, and he promised to look toward the east for it. The wind
+had certainly got up, there was no doubting it; the weathercock and
+pigeon were right, it was going to rain, big drops were pattering down
+on the roof.
+
+[Illustration: Beside him stood the turkey-gobbler]
+
+Laurie looked round to find the pigeon, but he had disappeared, no doubt
+for fear he would get his feathers wet. "Serves you right, serves you
+right!" sounded close to Laurie's ear, and beside him stood the
+turkey-gobbler. "So you thought the pigeons just flew round in a silly
+sort of way, picking up crumbs did you," he said--or gobbled I should
+say, his voice was so cross--"and you didn't suppose we had our work to
+do as well as the people on the farm, did you?" he really looked very
+alarming as he ruffled up his feathers and spread out his tail like a
+great fan. "Serves you right, to be left out in the rain this way," he
+went on, "next time you'll have better manners, I hope, than to call any
+one a rude bird." Laurie was very much frightened indeed--it was raining
+harder and harder; he started to run: patter, patter, patter, sounded
+the feet of the turkey behind him, "gobble, gobble,"--patter,
+patter,--no, it was only the rain drops this time, he was quite out of
+breath, where was he?
+
+[Illustration: The turkey-gobbler]
+
+He looked about him, he was no longer in the barnyard--of course he knew
+where he was now, but--how frightened he had been; he rubbed his eyes,
+it was morning, the sun shone and there was Aunt Laura clapping her
+hands in the doorway to waken him. "Wake up, wake up, Laurie," she
+said--"why dear me," she added in a puzzled way, looking up at the
+mantelpiece, "how did I happen to forget to shut the cupboard door last
+night?"
+
+[Illustration: "How did I happen to forget to shut the cupboard door
+last night?"]
+
+Perhaps she forgot to shut it, or the pigeon forgot, I do not know;
+anyway that is the end of the Pigeon Story, children;--and maybe
+to-morrow, when the stockings are all darned, and the toys put neatly
+away, I shall tell you the Field Mouse Tale, or the Duck Tale or the
+Windmill Tale, for there are four altogether--would you like to hear
+them?
+
+[Illustration: Flower ornament]
+
+_Printed in Bavaria._
+
+
+
+[Transcriber's Note: The original varied spelling has been retained in
+this ebook. The following typo has been corrected:
+
+p. 34: "How could a pigeon be in his room," -> this room
+
+The Illustration descriptions have been added by the transcriber except
+those marked in _italics_.]
+
+
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+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/cover-original.jpg"><img src="images/cover-original_th.jpg"
+alt="Cover" title="Cover" /></a></p>
+
+
+<div class="titlepage">
+
+<h1><span style="font-size: x-large">THE</span><br />
+PIGEON TALE</h1>
+
+
+<h3>BY</h3>
+
+<h2>VIRGINIA BENNETT.</h2>
+
+<p class="figcenter" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0em;"><a href="images/illus003.jpg"><img src="images/illus003_th.jpg"
+alt="Title illustration" title="Title illustration" /></a></p>
+
+
+<h3>ILLUSTRATED BY</h3>
+
+<h2>E. STUART HARDY.</h2>
+
+<table>
+<tr><td class="left"><i>LONDON:</i></td><td class="right"><i>NEW YORK:</i></td></tr>
+<tr><td class="left"><span class="smcap">Ernest Nister.</span></td><td class="right"><span class="smcap">E. P. Dutton &amp; Co.</span></td></tr>
+<tr><td class="center" colspan="2">E.N. No. 2074.</td></tr>
+</table>
+
+</div>
+
+<p class="ornament"><a href="images/illus002.jpg"><img src="images/illus002_th.jpg"
+alt="Flower ornament" title="Flower ornament" /></a></p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus002a.jpg"><img src="images/illus002a_th.jpg"
+alt="Pigeons" title="Pigeons" /></a></p>
+
+<p class="ornament"><a href="images/illus004.jpg"><img src="images/illus004_th.jpg"
+alt="Branch ornament" title="Branch ornament" /></a></p>
+
+<div class="textbody">
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span></p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus001.jpg"><img src="images/illus001_th.jpg"
+alt="The Pigeon Tale" title="The Pigeon Tale" /></a></p>
+
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a name="CHAPTER_I" id="CHAPTER_I"></a>CHAPTER I.</h2>
+
+
+<p class="newchapter"><span class="firstword"><span class="dropcap">S</span>omething</span> unusual was about
+to happen&mdash;any one could see
+that; the tall pine trees swayed and
+nodded to each other as if whispering
+together, the leaves blew up
+against a corner of the fence as
+though they meant to sweep the
+old-fashioned brick path clean, and
+the gate swung to and fro on
+its hinges as in anticipation of a
+visitor.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>In a far-away corner of the
+United States stood an old farm-house
+which had put on its company
+manners and quite left off
+being an every-day house, though
+it really never could be called an
+&#8220;every-day&#8221; house&mdash;it was too old
+for that.</p>
+
+<p>Ever so many children had
+been born there, and had grown
+up under its sheltering roof, loved,
+married and had gone out into the
+world; it was a <i>very</i> old house,
+and could have told wonderful
+stories if any one had listened to
+them; no, it could not be called
+an every-day house at all, but to-day
+it had a look of expectancy
+quite different from its usual
+sleepy air.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span></p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus007.jpg"><img src="images/illus007_th.jpg"
+alt="Aunt Laura" title="Aunt Laura" /></a></p>
+
+<p>The ancient box-hedge by the
+rose-garden stood like an old
+soldier at attention, so! The fresh
+muslin curtains at the window were
+stiff with starch, they would not
+stir an inch to the breeze blowing<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span>
+in. The old farm-house was trying
+to look young again, that was
+it! To look young again: how
+many of us can do that, eh! for
+it was expecting a visitor, a very
+young visitor indeed, a little boy
+was coming.</p>
+
+<p>He was not an ordinary little
+boy, or at least the people at the
+farm-house (Aunt Laura and Uncle
+Sam) did not think so&mdash;because
+his mother when she was a little
+girl had gone there for a visit
+years and years ago, just as he
+was coming to-day, and she had
+loved every nook and cranny of
+the old house as they hoped he
+would love it, and to those two
+people, it seemed almost as if she
+were coming back again, which<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span>
+really couldn&#8217;t happen, for that was
+ever so long ago.</p>
+
+<p>But she had sent her little boy
+instead, hoping that the change of
+air would do him good after the
+winter months spent leaning over
+school books. So in the quaint
+low-ceiled bedroom upstairs, sheets
+that smelled of lavender, with
+beautiful hand-embroidered initials,
+made by some bride for her
+trousseau long ago, were spread
+on the tall four-poster bed with its
+curious starched valence and silk
+patch-work quilt; the pitcher on
+the wash-stand had been filled to
+the brim with cool clear spring
+water, queer knit towels in basket
+weave design hung ready for use,
+and a delicious odor of home-made<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span>
+bread floated up from the regions
+below.</p>
+
+<p>It was the little boy&#8217;s first
+journey, everything was new to
+him&mdash;when he got off at the station
+Uncle Sam met him and lifted him
+up to the front seat of the carriage
+with his hand bag tucked in behind,
+as he had lifted the little
+boy&#8217;s mother up and seated her
+beside him, years ago. And so
+they drove out together along the
+broad country roads, past the green
+meadows, where quiet cows cropped
+the grass, until they came within
+sight of the farm and windmill and
+turned into the leafy lane under the
+spreading chestnut trees and stopped
+at the gate.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span></p>
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus011.jpg"><img src="images/illus011_th.jpg"
+alt="Aunt Laura was there to welcome him." title="Aunt Laura was there to welcome him." /></a></p>
+<p class="caption"><i>Aunt Laura was there to welcome him.</i></p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span>Aunt Laura was there to welcome
+him&mdash;the little boy&#8217;s name
+was Laurie, he had been given the
+name out of compliment to Aunt
+Laura; somehow or other it was
+almost like &#8220;coming home&#8221; instead
+of &#8220;going away&#8221; he thought, it
+was so home-like; perhaps it was
+because everything was so very,
+very old, that their newness and
+strangeness had entirely worn off.
+Perhaps it was because his mother
+had so often told him about it all,
+that everything seemed so familiar.</p>
+
+<p>He had to ask ever so many
+questions, polite questions you
+know, for he was not a rude little
+boy at all, but it seemed so wonderful
+to him to be here at last that
+he could not help exclaiming at
+everything.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>There was the parlor just as
+he had imagined it, with the row
+of seashells across the mantle and
+the door opening into the porch
+and garden and beyond the library
+with its great deep fireplace, its
+old-fashioned andirons and red
+brick hearth.</p>
+
+<p>Nothing was new in the old
+house, everything had been made
+years and years ago when there
+was no machinery, and chairs and
+furniture had to be turned by hand;
+for that reason people who made
+them took more pains than they
+do now, so that they would last
+a long time, and only the colours
+in the brocades had faded and the
+silk worn away in the cross-stitch
+work of the antimacassars.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>Laurie went from room to room
+with Aunt Laura, looking at everything.
+&#8220;Will you show me the cow-pitcher,
+Aunt Laura?&#8221; he asked,
+and Aunt Laura laughed and opened
+a deep cupboard, where the best
+china was kept, and took the pitcher
+down from a high shelf. Such a
+curious pitcher, it was, a brown
+and white china cow&mdash;I&#8217;m sure it
+must have been very, very old, for I
+never see pitchers like it now-a-days.
+The tail was curved into a handle,
+and the mouth was the spout!</p>
+
+<p>Aunt Laura said that she would
+keep it on the table every day, full
+of cream for his porridge, just as
+she had done for his mother, when
+she, as a little girl, had stayed at
+the farm.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span></p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus015.jpg"><img src="images/illus015_th.jpg"
+alt="Aunt Laura shows Laurie the cow-pitcher" title="Aunt Laura shows Laurie the cow-pitcher" /></a></p>
+
+<p>When supper came, how good
+everything tasted! The home-cured
+ham, delicious butter made on the
+farm, great slices of fresh bread
+and schmeirkase&mdash;I don&#8217;t believe
+many of you boys and girls know<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span>
+what &#8220;Schmeirkase&#8221; is, do you?
+Well, anyway, it is made somehow
+from thick sour cream, so thick
+that it is put in a bag and hung
+up in the dairy until it is time to
+be eaten&mdash;when I was a little girl
+and visited a farm they used to
+have schmeirkase for supper, and
+I always hoped they would offer
+me a second helping and they always
+did! There were strawberries
+too, and stewed rhubarb, and chocolate
+layer cake. And Aunt Laura
+put the cake away after supper in
+a round tin box, in a corner of
+the cupboard, and gave Laurie a
+great slice the next morning to
+eat, for fear he would grow hungry
+before dinner.</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m as glad as I can be that<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span>
+I&#8217;ve come,&#8221; he said, and Uncle
+Sam and Aunt Laura smiled at
+each other. &#8220;So like his mother,&#8221;
+said Aunt Laura and Laurie wondered
+how he could be like his mother,
+for his mother was ever so much
+taller then he, and ever so much
+more &#8220;grown up.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus017.jpg"><img src="images/illus017_th.jpg"
+alt="Flower ornament" title="Flower ornament" /></a></p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+<h2><a name="CHAPTER_II" id="CHAPTER_II"></a>CHAPTER II.</h2>
+
+
+<p class="newchapter"><span class="firstword"><span class="dropcap">A</span>fter</span> supper, Laurie slipped
+his small hand inside Uncle
+Sam&#8217;s big one, and they started
+out together to see the farm, the
+big collie dog &#8220;Shep&#8221; running along
+beside them.</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen so many animals
+in all my life,&#8221; he exclaimed,
+as they came up to the great gate
+that shut in the barnyard, &#8220;except
+perhaps in the Zoo.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;Shall we stop here for a
+moment?&#8221; said Uncle Sam, lifting
+Laurie up and seating him on the
+gate-post, where he could see all
+over the yard at once.</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;Oh, how fine!&#8221; exclaimed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span>
+Laurie, &#8220;I feel just like a little bird
+that perches on a tree, and looks
+down on the cows underneath, and
+isn&#8217;t a bit afraid of their horns!&#8221;</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus019.jpg"><img src="images/illus019_th.jpg"
+alt="Uncle Sam and Laurie" title="Uncle Sam and Laurie" /></a></p>
+
+<p>Uncle Sam laughed, for he knew
+the cows would not hurt him, nevertheless
+he kept his arm around
+Laurie to be sure, for he was a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span>
+little city boy, and city boys only
+see pictures of cows in books, and
+Uncle Sam thought Laurie might
+be a weeny bit afraid. Bossie,
+Bonnie Bee, Lilian and Daisy, the
+cows, were standing around waiting
+to be milked, switching their tails
+and moo-oo-ing now and then;
+some would wander over to the
+wide horse trough, over which the
+water spilled, and bend their heads
+until their mouths touched the
+water, when they would drink in
+great gulps, then turn away with
+dripping chins.</p>
+
+<p>Just then there was the sound
+of hoofs, and old &#8220;Sue,&#8221; &#8220;Magic&#8221;
+and &#8220;Marvel&#8221; and the colt &#8220;Arbutus&#8221;
+raced up from the pasture,
+and into the barnyard.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>Uncle Sam drew a handful of
+apples out of his capacious pockets,
+and the horses came whinneying
+and ate them out of his hand.</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m glad I&#8217;m up here,&#8221; laughed
+Laurie, but Uncle Sam latched the
+gate, and lifted him down, for
+there was ever so much more to
+be seen.</p>
+
+<p>Over in the pig-sty the old
+mother sow and her family of pigs
+were pushing each other out of
+the way to see who could get the
+most supper, some of them being
+impolite enough to stand with their
+feet in the trough, but of course
+that is considered correct in pig
+society.</p>
+
+<p>The little pigs were cunning,
+with their bright eyes and curly<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span>
+tails, and even the old sow was
+admirable, for she would grunt as
+though to say &#8220;Did you ever see
+so fine a family; I have taught
+them that the best things in this
+world must be hunted for, and to
+look out for themselves, yes! they
+have been brought up properly, I
+have a right to be proud.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>Laurie had never seen a real
+pump before, so they stopped and
+he had a drink of the cool well
+water. How refreshing it was!
+Next they peeped into the chicken
+house, deserted, except for a few
+old mother hens, sitting on their
+eggs, who, when they saw Laurie,
+set up such a fuss that he quickly
+came out again.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus022.jpg"><img src="images/illus022_th.jpg"
+alt="Chickens" title="Chickens" /></a></p>
+
+<p>As they came near an old<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span>
+brown hen sitting in the grass,
+Laurie laughed with delight when
+she got up, and a whole brood
+of downy yellow chicks ran from
+under her wing.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus023.jpg"><img src="images/illus023_th.jpg"
+alt="Laurie with the hen and chicks" title="Laurie with the hen and chicks" /></a></p>
+
+<p>Uncle Sam now took Laurie
+back to the barn to see the milking,
+and they threaded their way through<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span>
+the dim twilight of the stable, past
+the tired horses munching their
+oats, to the cow-shed, frightening
+an old hen off her nest, where she
+had laid her eggs away from prying
+eyes in a corner of the hay.</p>
+
+<p>Laurie thought he had never
+smelt anything so delicious as the
+odor of the sweet clover grass that
+hung down between the boards of
+the flooring of the hay loft, and
+when a mouse would scurry away,
+he would laugh at its being afraid
+of him.</p>
+
+<p>Outside in the gathering twilight,
+the pigeons were wheeling
+and circling overhead, and dipping
+to the ground for the corn that lay
+scattered among the pebbles.</p>
+
+<p>High overhead, was the dove-cote<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span>
+on the wagon house. &#8220;Do
+the pigeons fly far away, Uncle
+Sam? and what are they always
+doing?&#8221; asked Laurie when he had
+watched them for some time. &#8220;They
+fly ever so far away, Laurie,&#8221; answered
+Uncle Sam, &#8220;but always
+come back again. Some pigeons
+you know, the carrier pigeons, carry
+messages, but I do not think this
+kind is used for that purpose.&#8221;
+Meantime Aunt Laura had come
+out to scatter corn to the chickens,
+who, seeing her approach, hurried
+to meet her on all sides, until she
+stood surrounded by the pretty
+feathered creatures. Laurie begged
+for a handful of corn to throw to
+them, but started back in dismay,
+when an old turkey-gobbler reached<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span>
+up and picked a grain out of
+his hand. &#8220;What a rude old bird,&#8221;
+he said, &#8220;but I wasn&#8217;t a bit afraid
+of him, he only surprised me,&#8221; he
+explained to Aunt Laura quickly,
+for fear she would think him timid.
+Just then the turkey, who was a
+pompous sort of creature, cocked
+his head on one side, and looked
+at Laurie for a moment as though
+he understood, then turned away.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span></p>
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus027.jpg"><img src="images/illus027_th.jpg"
+alt="&#8220;What a rude old bird,&#8221; said Laurie." title="&#8220;What a rude old bird,&#8221; said Laurie." /></a></p>
+<p class="caption"><i>&#8220;What a rude old bird,&#8221; said Laurie.</i></p>
+
+<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m afraid you have hurt his
+feelings,&#8221; said Aunt Laura, &#8220;you
+see he is not used to little boys
+calling him names&#8221;&mdash;&#8220;Well, I&#8217;ll
+not do it any more, I&#8217;m sure I
+didn&#8217;t know he minded,&#8221; replied
+Laurie, &#8220;but still,&#8221; he continued,
+&#8220;it&#8217;s not as if he really understood,
+he couldn&#8217;t unless he were
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span>a fairy&mdash;but turkeys, and cows
+and pigeons on farms are not
+fairies, are they, Aunt Laura?&#8221;
+&#8220;I can&#8217;t tell you that, Laurie,&#8221;
+said Aunt Laura, &#8220;for I&#8217;ve never
+seen any fairies&mdash;some animals
+are more sensible than others, and
+some like to be petted, and are
+fond of being with people&mdash;if that
+is what you mean.&#8221; &#8220;No, that is
+not what I mean altogether, it&#8217;s
+only part of what I mean,&#8221; he
+answered; &#8220;if the turkey-gobbler
+wasn&#8217;t a fairy, it ought not to make
+any difference to him, my calling
+him rude or not, for he couldn&#8217;t
+understand, but he looked at me
+in such a funny way, with his head
+on one side, that he must have
+known what I was saying.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span></p>
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus029.jpg"><img src="images/illus029_th.jpg"
+alt="Laurie taking off his shoes and stockings" title="Laurie taking off his shoes and stockings" /></a></p>
+
+
+
+<h2><a name="CHAPTER_III" id="CHAPTER_III"></a>CHAPTER III.</h2>
+
+
+<p class="newchapter"><span class="firstword"><span class="dropcap">&#8220;I</span>&nbsp;couldn&#8217;t</span> be a bit lonely
+here, Aunt Laura,&#8221; he said,
+as he was sitting on the floor that
+night beside his bed, struggling
+to take off his shoes and stockings
+all by himself, &#8220;you see even when
+you and Uncle Sam are too busy
+for me to &#8217;sturb you, I can just
+go out and play with the chickens,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span>
+and talk to the little calf, and
+&#8216;pretend.&#8217;</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s lots of fun &#8216;pretending,&#8217;&#8221;
+he continued, &#8220;I can pretend, oh!
+ever so many things&mdash;I learned to
+do it when I had the mumps, and
+had to stay in bed. It wasn&#8217;t half
+so bad the having to stay in bed
+then. I used to pretend I was a
+magician sometimes, and could
+turn my toys into real soldiers,
+and real ships, and it used to be
+lots of fun.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think we shall ever
+be too busy for you to disturb us,
+Laurie,&#8221; said Aunt Laura.</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;Oh, may I peep into that
+funny little door?&#8221; Laurie exclaimed,
+as he caught sight of a tiny closet
+over the mantelpiece. &#8220;Where<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span>
+does it go to, does it go into the
+chimney?&#8221; Aunt Laura laughed,
+&#8220;No, it does not go into the
+chimney, though everybody who
+sees it thinks so at first.&#8221; And
+indeed that seemed the only place
+that it could open into, for it was
+exactly over the fireplace, where
+the chimney must be. To be sure
+the fireplace had been boarded up
+and painted white, and was never
+used now; in its stead a great iron
+stove like a box, where corn cobs
+were burned, was used in winter,
+for that made the room much
+warmer, but certainly the little
+closet had been built at the same
+time as the house, when the fireplace
+and the chimney had been
+built.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t exactly know where
+it goes to, Laurie,&#8221; said Aunt
+Laura, &#8220;it has always been there.
+When I was a little girl I used
+to think it was a door into another
+part of the house, that I did
+not know about, where I had
+never been, and I used to stand
+on a chair and peep in, but it was
+too dark to see in all the way.
+I keep some of my jellies in it
+now,&#8221; she added, and as she spoke,
+she opened the door, and showed
+him a tempting row of tumblers,
+filled with clear amber jelly, neatly
+covered with white paper.</p>
+
+<p>Even after Aunt Laura had
+tucked him into bed, and given
+him a good-night kiss, Laurie
+kept wondering about all he had<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span>
+seen&mdash;there was so much to think
+about.</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;I wonder why the pigeons
+keep flying about all day,&#8221; he said
+to himself, &#8220;and what chickens
+and geese say to each other&mdash;after
+all, I don&#8217;t believe they can talk
+at all,&#8221; he continued, &#8220;for they do
+not seem to be really doing anything&mdash;they
+just fly around in a
+silly sort of way, picking up crumbs,
+I wonder what they would talk
+about if they could. I wonder if
+I could peep inside the dove-cote
+some day and see what it looks
+like.&#8221; By this time he was almost
+asleep, but he kept repeating to
+himself, &#8220;I wonder&mdash;I wonder&mdash;I
+wonder,&#8221; over and over again,
+until it sounded more like whirrder-whirrder-whirr&mdash;yes,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span>
+Laurie was almost
+sure he had stopped saying
+&#8220;wonder&#8221; and something soft like
+whirr-whirr sounded close by, as
+if one of the pigeons themselves
+was flying about the room.</p>
+
+<p>Laurie opened his eyes wide&mdash;&#8220;How
+could a pigeon be in <ins class="correction" title="Transcriber's note: original reads 'his'">this</ins>
+room,&#8221; he thought; &#8220;they must
+surely be asleep in the dove-cote
+by this time.&#8221; The room was quite
+dark, except for a little square of
+light high upon the wall, but he
+gradually made out the different
+objects in the room, and saw that
+the light came from the little cupboard
+on the mantlepiece. He
+heard the soft whirr again, this
+time close by, and looking up he
+saw a pigeon perched on one of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span>
+the four posts of his bed. &#8220;So
+you don&#8217;t believe we have any
+work to do,&#8221; said the pigeon.
+&#8220;Would you like to see inside
+the dove-cote? If so, come with
+me.&#8221; When he said this, he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span>
+hovered about the bed for a moment,
+then fluttered over to the
+mantelpiece, and stood beside the
+little cupboard.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus035.jpg"><img src="images/illus035_th.jpg"
+alt="Laurie enters the cupboard" title="Laurie enters the cupboard" /></a></p>
+
+<p>Laurie was about to say that
+he could not possibly get up to
+the door, when he remembered
+what Aunt Laura had said about
+climbing up on a chair to peep
+in, so he jumped out of bed, and
+pulling a chair close to the fireplace,
+stepped from it to the
+mantelpiece. It never occurred to
+him until afterwards, to think that
+he was ever so much too big to
+fit inside the cupboard, and it
+really did not matter after all, for
+somehow or other he did fit&mdash;whether
+he had grown suddenly
+quite small, or the cupboard was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span>
+quite large when one got near
+enough to it, I do not know,
+but there he was inside, with the
+pigeon hopping along sedately
+ahead of him.</p>
+
+<p>It was apparently a narrow
+passage, and very long, for they
+walked on for some time, turning
+corners now and then, as though
+it ran past certain rooms in the
+house, and Laurie could see that
+it was lit by hundreds of fireflies,
+making it almost as bright as day.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+<h2><a name="CHAPTER_IV" id="CHAPTER_IV"></a>CHAPTER IV.</h2>
+
+
+<p class="newchapter"><span class="firstword"><span class="dropcap">S</span>uddenly</span> the passageway
+came to an end, Laurie does
+not remember quite how it happened,
+but there he was up in the
+dove-cote, high above the farmyard,
+with the pigeons cooing and circling
+about him.</p>
+
+<p>What a beautiful dove-cote it
+was, ever so much larger than one
+would have supposed: indeed it
+was like a real house.</p>
+
+<p>It did not seem at all strange
+for the cooing to sound more and
+more like words, and presently
+Laurie found that the pigeons were<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span>
+inviting him to enter. Inside how
+beautiful it all was! Velvet carpets
+lay on the floor, with the most
+exquisite patterns traced on them;
+in each room the pattern was
+different, yet always changing, for
+they were made by the tiny feet
+of the pigeons as they moved
+about. Soft curtains hung at the
+doors. They were wonderful feather
+curtains; instead of having to push
+them to one side, all that one had
+to do was to move towards them,
+and they folded into wings. Exquisite
+music sounded in the rooms,
+that was the wind, and it sang of
+the countries and people it had
+seen in its travels. It sang of the
+waving corn, the ships at sea, the
+flames leaping in the fireplace, it<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span>
+crooned a lullaby it had heard a
+mother singing to her baby&mdash;now
+the voice of the wind was soft and
+low, that was when it remembered
+the places it had been in, where
+there was peace and happiness; now
+it was loud and harsh, for it had
+also been in terrible storms, and
+wild places, ah! they were wonderful
+stories. No one was idle in
+the dove-cote, some pigeons were
+kept busy writing the news that
+the wind brought, others flew here
+and there, for they were the messengers,
+and must carry the news
+over the farm.</p>
+
+<p>One pigeon had a ring over
+his ankle: he was very important
+indeed, quite a personage in the
+dove-cote.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span></p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus041.jpg"><img src="images/illus041_th.jpg"
+alt="Some pigeons were kept busy writing the news that the wind brought" title="Some pigeons were kept busy writing the news that the wind brought" /></a></p>
+
+<p>&#8220;They are going to dance for
+you,&#8221; he said to Laurie, and seven
+pigeons stepped into the centre
+of the room. They began with a
+faint flutter of their wings, turning
+their heads from side to side, gradually
+growing swifter in their motion,
+until their brilliant colors blended
+and intermingled in a beautiful
+prismatic effect. It was like a
+wonderful rainbow dance, only the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span>
+colors changed as the pigeons
+moved about, and they opened
+and closed their wings in such
+a way, that they seemed to ripple
+and flow as water does over the
+stones.</p>
+
+<p>Their cooing gradually sounded
+more and more like water gurgling,
+and Laurie listened and listened,
+until he found his head nodding&mdash;he
+was almost asleep&mdash;no, he was
+not asleep, he opened his eyes
+wide, there was the pigeon still,
+with the ring about his ankle, but
+the dancing pigeons were no longer
+there; the blue sky shone between
+trunks of trees, and a real brook
+sparkled over the stones&mdash;somehow
+or other they were walking
+through a wood, the same wood<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span>
+on the edge of the fields, that
+they had driven past on their way
+to the farm: how quiet it was and
+how deliciously soft the moss underfoot,
+while a gentle breeze swayed
+the trees overhead.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus043.jpg"><img src="images/illus043_th.jpg"
+alt="&#8220;Now we will stop at the squirrel house,&#8221; said the Pigeon."
+title="&#8220;Now we will stop at the squirrel house,&#8221; said the Pigeon." /></a></p>
+<p class="caption"><i>&#8220;Now we will stop at the squirrel house,&#8221;
+said the Pigeon.</i></p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span></p>
+<p>&#8220;Now we will stop at the
+squirrel&#8217;s house,&#8221; said the pigeon,
+as they stopped at an old tree.
+&#8220;Rap-tap-rap&#8221; with his beak on a
+knot-hole in the trunk, and a fat
+squirrel opened the door. What a
+lot of chattering! he was inviting
+them to enter. &#8220;How delightful,&#8221;
+thought Laurie as they stepped inside,
+&#8220;now I shall see what a
+squirrel&#8217;s house is really like.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>And indeed it was very
+different from what he had supposed
+an old tree to be like inside; instead,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span>
+there was a real little staircase,
+carpeted with green moss,
+winding up through the hollow
+trunk, there were landings at the
+different branches, with tiny doors
+opening off them, and the branches
+themselves were all little rooms
+with knot-holes for windows, across
+which green leaves were hung for
+curtains.</p>
+
+<p>The walls were papered with
+the most beautiful paper in the
+world; in one room it was all
+blossoms with the most delicate
+odor; in another the walls were
+hung with green leaves; in another
+room great red and yellow autumn
+leaves festooned the walls. &#8220;You
+see this is the inside out or rather
+the outside in of the tree,&#8221; explained<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span>
+the squirrel; &#8220;this is where the
+blossoms and leaves are kept when
+not in use.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>It was all a little confusing at
+first to Laurie, for the squirrels
+seemed to be in such haste, but
+they were so friendly, and chattered
+so pleasantly to him that somehow
+or other he understood everything
+they were saying, though they
+talked in squirrel language, and so
+by-and-by he felt more at home,
+and sat down while they brought
+him some refreshments.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus047.jpg"><img src="images/illus047_th.jpg"
+alt="Such delicious morsels, served in the most tempting manner"
+title="Such delicious morsels, served in the most tempting manner" /></a></p>
+
+<p>Such delicious morsels, served
+in the most tempting manner!
+Pur&eacute;e of chestnuts, and hickory-nut
+cake&mdash;wonderful cherry cordial,
+made, the squirrels explained to
+Laurie, out of melted sap of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span>
+wild cherry tree&mdash;exquisite walnuts
+baked in acorn cups. Oh! I can&#8217;t
+tell you half what there was, for
+Laurie did not know himself, but
+it was all very delicious, and the
+squirrels too seemed to think it
+an important occasion, for there
+was a great deal of whisking of
+tails, and the squirrel waiters sat
+up very stiffly with their little
+paws held up in front of them,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span>
+as though they knew how much
+was expected of them and meant
+to do their share. Every now and
+then Laurie would see a pair of
+bright eyes peeping at him over
+the stair, then off would scurry a
+baby squirrel afraid of being caught,
+&#8220;for all the world,&#8221; thought Laurie,
+&#8220;the way we do at home when
+we are forbidden to come down
+when mother is giving a party, so
+watch instead from a landing on
+the stair when nurse&#8217;s back is
+turned.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span></p>
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus049.jpg"><img src="images/illus049_th.jpg"
+alt="The squirrel led the way down the winding stair."
+title="The squirrel led the way down the winding stair." /></a></p>
+<p class="caption"><i>The squirrel led the way down the winding stair.</i></p>
+
+<p>After the refreshments, there
+was more bowing and waving of
+bushy tails and hand shaking or
+paw shaking, I do not know which&mdash;for
+it was time to be off; Laurie
+thanked them very much and said<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span>
+he would like to come again,
+which was very true indeed, and
+he said in his most &#8220;grown up
+way&#8221; that he had had a delightful
+time, and the squirrels seemed
+pleased and nodded again, and
+the same old squirrel, who must
+have been the door-keeper, for he
+kept jingling a great bunch of
+keys in his hands, now led the
+way down the winding stair again,
+until they reached what must have
+been the cellar part of the tree,
+where the squirrels kept their
+stores for the winter. It had
+grown so dark that their guide
+now took a lantern down from
+the wall and, fastening a glow
+worm inside to light the way,
+showed Laurie great piles of nuts<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span>
+and acorns stacked in the corners.
+<span class="figleft"><a href="images/illus052.jpg"><img src="images/illus052_th.jpg"
+alt="an old owl put out his head"
+title="an old owl put out his head" /></a></span>
+After a while they came to a little
+door and, passing through it&mdash;the
+squirrel leading the way, after him
+the pigeon, and Laurie bringing
+up the rear&mdash;they found themselves
+in a long passage, smelling of earth
+and mould. &#8220;It surely must be
+underground,&#8221; thought Laurie, &#8220;I
+wonder if the moles and mice have
+streets just as we do. Oh, dear!
+I do hope we don&#8217;t meet that
+dreadful turkey-gobbler.&#8221; Before
+he had time to think much about
+it, they came to another little door,
+on the other side of which was a
+stair that evidently led up into
+another tree.</p>
+
+<p>Here the squirrel with the
+lantern bade them good-bye, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span>
+disappeared down
+the corridor. The
+pigeon led the
+way up the stair,
+at the top of
+which was a rough
+wooden door.
+&#8220;We must leave
+a message here,&#8221;
+said he, tapping on
+the door, and after
+waiting some time, Laurie thought
+he heard a gruff voice say, &#8220;To-who-to-who?&#8221;
+&#8220;Why doesn&#8217;t he
+come and see instead of asking?&#8221;
+thought Laurie, but just then the
+door opened, and an old owl put
+out his head.</p>
+
+<div class="clear"></div>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span><a href="images/illus053.jpg"><img src="images/illus053_th.jpg"
+alt="The owl" title="The owl" /></a></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2><a name="CHAPTER_V" id="CHAPTER_V"></a>CHAPTER V.</h2>
+
+
+<p class="newchapter"><span class="firstword"><span class="dropcap">T</span>he</span> owl looked very sleepy,
+and blinked his eyes very
+hard. &#8220;He must have been asleep,&#8221;
+said Laurie to himself, &#8220;owls
+always do sleep in the day-time I
+suppose.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>&#8220;Who-oo!&#8221; screeched the owl,
+flapping his wings and ruffling up
+his feathers, and looking very hard
+at Laurie. &#8220;Oh, dear! I beg
+your pardon,&#8221; said Laurie, feeling
+very much frightened indeed, &#8220;I
+didn&#8217;t mean to be rude, but all the
+birds and animals on the farm here<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span>
+have such a curious way of knowing
+what I&#8217;m thinking.&#8221; The owl
+paid no attention to him, however,
+but opened the door wider for them
+to enter, and Laurie, keeping close
+behind the pigeon, stepped in. The
+owl was evidently a bachelor, for
+his room was very untidy; books
+and papers lay piled about in the
+greatest confusion, and while he
+tried in a clumsy way to make
+room for them, every now and then
+he would upset something, as he
+was extremely near-sighted. He
+finally pushed a revolving globe
+on a stand toward Laurie, evidently
+thinking it a stool; it was
+very uncomfortable to sit on, and
+it had a way of turning round at
+the least little motion, and Laurie<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span>
+hoped that whatever the message
+was the pigeon would not remain
+long.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus055.jpg"><img src="images/illus055_th.jpg"
+alt="The owl reads over the paper" title="The owl reads over the paper" /></a></p>
+
+<p>The pigeon now brought out
+a folded paper from a pocket
+underneath his wing, and handed
+it to the owl, who opened it, and
+said he would give it due consideration
+on reading it over.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span>
+After listening to their conversation
+awhile Laurie learned that the owl,
+because of his wisdom, was the
+judge who decided the serious
+affairs and quarrels among the
+other birds and animals. The room
+was built in the hollow of a dead
+tree&mdash;it was quite snug, but not
+half so nice as the squirrel house,
+for there was no pretty wall paper,
+and a great spider-web instead
+hung across one corner of the
+room; on one side was an oval
+window, out of which could be
+seen wood and meadow, and on
+a peg against the wall hung a
+warm winter cloak of soft moleskin.
+The owl now gravely folded
+and sealed several legal-looking
+documents, and gave them to the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span>
+pigeon, who, tucking them away
+in the same pocket, flapped his
+wings, and, nodding to Laurie to
+jump on his back, flew out into
+the sunshine. Laurie had hardly
+time to wonder where the pigeon
+was taking him to this time, when<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span>
+he saw the farm below them,
+and they alighted on the roof of
+the barn.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus058.jpg"><img src="images/illus058_th.jpg"
+alt="Laurie was standing on the top of the barn roof"
+title="Laurie was standing on the top of the barn roof" /></a></p>
+
+
+<p>&#8220;Cock-a-doodle-doo,&#8221; crowed
+the rooster on the weather-vane,
+but he really thought he was saying
+&#8220;How-de-do-de-do?&#8221; He was
+a splendid fellow, for he was pure
+gold and shone in the sunlight;
+he turned this way and that for
+everybody to see him, until the
+common fowls in the barn-yard
+envied him and wished themselves
+in his place, though if they had
+only known it they were far better
+off than he, for they could pick up
+corn and worms, while he was
+obliged to stand there always,
+which was not so pleasant on
+rainy days. He was terribly hoarse,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span>
+too, from the damp weather, and
+it made his voice sound like a
+rusty hinge that needed oiling.
+&#8220;Cock-a-doodle-doo!&#8221; he said to
+Laurie, and Laurie bowed the best
+way he could, which was not very
+easy considering that he was standing
+on the top of the barn roof.
+&#8220;So you are the little boy who
+has come to visit at the farm-house;
+I saw you drive in. I see
+everything and everybody, people
+come and people go; it is a mistake
+to think that one must travel
+to see the world: I prefer to remain
+at home, but then every one is
+not as bright as I&#8221;&mdash;he certainly
+was conceited&mdash;&#8220;still I am never
+idle,&#8221; he continued, &#8220;for I have
+my work to do; the farmer cannot<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span>
+do without me. I warn him of a
+change of weather, but not everyone
+who is changeable can be
+depended upon.&#8221;</p>
+
+<p>Here the pigeon interrupted
+him to tell him what the wind had
+said of a storm coming, and he
+promised to look toward the east
+for it. The wind had certainly got
+up, there was no doubting it; the
+weathercock and pigeon were right,
+it was going to rain, big drops
+were pattering down on the roof.</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus061.jpg"><img src="images/illus061_th.jpg"
+alt="Beside him stood the turkey-gobbler"
+title="Beside him stood the turkey-gobbler" /></a></p>
+
+<p>Laurie looked round to find
+the pigeon, but he had disappeared,
+no doubt for fear he would get
+his feathers wet. &#8220;Serves you
+right, serves you right!&#8221; sounded
+close to Laurie&#8217;s ear, and beside
+him stood the turkey-gobbler. &#8220;So<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span>
+you thought the pigeons just flew
+round in a silly sort of way,
+picking up crumbs did you,&#8221; he
+said&mdash;or gobbled I should say,
+his voice was so cross&mdash;&#8220;and you
+didn&#8217;t suppose we had our work
+to do as well as the people on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span>
+the farm, did you?&#8221; he really looked
+very alarming as he ruffled up his
+feathers and spread out his tail
+like a great fan. &#8220;Serves you
+right, to be left out in the rain
+this way,&#8221; he went on, &#8220;next
+time you&#8217;ll have better manners,
+I hope, than to call any one a
+rude bird.&#8221; Laurie was very much
+frightened indeed&mdash;it was raining
+harder and harder; he started to
+run: patter, patter, patter, sounded
+the feet of the turkey behind him,
+&#8220;gobble, gobble,&#8221;&mdash;patter, patter,&mdash;no,
+it was only the rain drops this
+time, he was quite out of breath,
+where was he?</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus062.jpg"><img src="images/illus062_th.jpg"
+alt="The turkey-gobbler" title="The turkey-gobbler" /></a></p>
+
+<p>He looked about him, he was
+no longer in the barnyard&mdash;of
+course he knew where he was now,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span>
+but&mdash;how frightened he had been;
+he rubbed his eyes, it was morning,
+the sun shone and there was
+Aunt Laura clapping her hands
+in the doorway to waken him.
+&#8220;Wake up, wake up, Laurie,&#8221; she
+said&mdash;&#8220;why dear me,&#8221; she added
+in a puzzled way, looking up at
+the mantelpiece, &#8220;how did I happen<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span>
+to forget to shut the cupboard door
+last night?&#8221;</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus063.jpg"><img src="images/illus063_th.jpg"
+alt="&#8220;How did I happen to forget to shut the cupboard door last night?&#8221;"
+title="&#8220;How did I happen to forget to shut the cupboard door last night?&#8221;" /></a></p>
+
+<p>Perhaps she forgot to shut it,
+or the pigeon forgot, I do not
+know; anyway that is the end of
+the Pigeon Story, children;&mdash;and
+maybe to-morrow, when the stockings
+are all darned, and the toys
+put neatly away, I shall tell you
+the Field Mouse Tale, or the Duck
+Tale or the Windmill Tale, for
+there are four altogether&mdash;would
+you like to hear them?</p>
+
+<p class="figcenter"><a href="images/illus064.jpg"><img src="images/illus064_th.jpg"
+alt="Flower ornament" title="Flower ornament" /></a></p>
+
+<p class="printer"><i>Printed in Bavaria.</i></p>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="note">
+<p>Transcriber&#8217;s Note: The original varied spelling has been retained
+in this ebook. The following typo has been corrected:</p>
+
+<p><a href="#Page_34">p. 34</a>: &#8220;How could a pigeon be in his room,&#8221; &rarr; this room</p>
+</div>
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Pigeon Tale, by Virginia Bennett
+
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+Title: The Pigeon Tale
+
+Author: Virginia Bennett
+
+Illustrator: E. Stuart Hardy
+
+Release Date: February 11, 2007 [EBook #20567]
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+Language: English
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+
+                                  THE
+                              PIGEON TALE
+
+                                  BY
+                           VIRGINIA BENNETT.
+
+
+
+                         [Illustration: Title]
+
+
+
+                            ILLUSTRATED BY
+                           E. STUART HARDY.
+
+             _LONDON:_                      _NEW YORK:_
+           ERNEST NISTER.                E. P. DUTTON & CO.
+
+                            E.N. No. 2074.
+
+
+[Illustration: Flower ornament]
+[Illustration: Pigeons]
+[Illustration: Branch ornament]
+[Illustration: The boy Laurie with a pigeon]
+
+
+The Pigeon Tale
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER I.
+
+
+Something unusual was about to happen--any one could see that; the tall
+pine trees swayed and nodded to each other as if whispering together,
+the leaves blew up against a corner of the fence as though they meant to
+sweep the old-fashioned brick path clean, and the gate swung to and fro
+on its hinges as in anticipation of a visitor.
+
+In a far-away corner of the United States stood an old farm-house which
+had put on its company manners and quite left off being an every-day
+house, though it really never could be called an "every-day" house--it
+was too old for that.
+
+Ever so many children had been born there, and had grown up under its
+sheltering roof, loved, married and had gone out into the world; it was
+a _very_ old house, and could have told wonderful stories if any one had
+listened to them; no, it could not be called an every-day house at all,
+but to-day it had a look of expectancy quite different from its usual
+sleepy air.
+
+[Illustration: Aunt Laura]
+
+The ancient box-hedge by the rose-garden stood like an old soldier at
+attention, so! The fresh muslin curtains at the window were stiff with
+starch, they would not stir an inch to the breeze blowing in. The old
+farm-house was trying to look young again, that was it! To look young
+again: how many of us can do that, eh! for it was expecting a visitor, a
+very young visitor indeed, a little boy was coming.
+
+He was not an ordinary little boy, or at least the people at the
+farm-house (Aunt Laura and Uncle Sam) did not think so--because his
+mother when she was a little girl had gone there for a visit years and
+years ago, just as he was coming to-day, and she had loved every nook
+and cranny of the old house as they hoped he would love it, and to those
+two people, it seemed almost as if she were coming back again, which
+really couldn't happen, for that was ever so long ago.
+
+But she had sent her little boy instead, hoping that the change of air
+would do him good after the winter months spent leaning over school
+books. So in the quaint low-ceiled bedroom upstairs, sheets that smelled
+of lavender, with beautiful hand-embroidered initials, made by some
+bride for her trousseau long ago, were spread on the tall four-poster
+bed with its curious starched valence and silk patch-work quilt; the
+pitcher on the wash-stand had been filled to the brim with cool clear
+spring water, queer knit towels in basket weave design hung ready for
+use, and a delicious odor of home-made bread floated up from the
+regions below.
+
+It was the little boy's first journey, everything was new to him--when
+he got off at the station Uncle Sam met him and lifted him up to the
+front seat of the carriage with his hand bag tucked in behind, as he had
+lifted the little boy's mother up and seated her beside him, years ago.
+And so they drove out together along the broad country roads, past the
+green meadows, where quiet cows cropped the grass, until they came
+within sight of the farm and windmill and turned into the leafy lane
+under the spreading chestnut trees and stopped at the gate.
+
+[Illustration: _Aunt Laura was there to welcome him._]
+
+Aunt Laura was there to welcome him--the little boy's name was Laurie,
+he had been given the name out of compliment to Aunt Laura; somehow or
+other it was almost like "coming home" instead of "going away" he
+thought, it was so home-like; perhaps it was because everything was so
+very, very old, that their newness and strangeness had entirely worn
+off. Perhaps it was because his mother had so often told him about it
+all, that everything seemed so familiar.
+
+He had to ask ever so many questions, polite questions you know, for he
+was not a rude little boy at all, but it seemed so wonderful to him to
+be here at last that he could not help exclaiming at everything.
+
+There was the parlor just as he had imagined it, with the row of
+seashells across the mantle and the door opening into the porch and
+garden and beyond the library with its great deep fireplace, its
+old-fashioned andirons and red brick hearth.
+
+Nothing was new in the old house, everything had been made years and
+years ago when there was no machinery, and chairs and furniture had to
+be turned by hand; for that reason people who made them took more pains
+than they do now, so that they would last a long time, and only the
+colours in the brocades had faded and the silk worn away in the
+cross-stitch work of the antimacassars.
+
+Laurie went from room to room with Aunt Laura, looking at everything.
+"Will you show me the cow-pitcher, Aunt Laura?" he asked, and Aunt Laura
+laughed and opened a deep cupboard, where the best china was kept, and
+took the pitcher down from a high shelf. Such a curious pitcher, it was,
+a brown and white china cow--I'm sure it must have been very, very old,
+for I never see pitchers like it now-a-days. The tail was curved into a
+handle, and the mouth was the spout!
+
+Aunt Laura said that she would keep it on the table every day, full of
+cream for his porridge, just as she had done for his mother, when she,
+as a little girl, had stayed at the farm.
+
+[Illustration: Aunt Laura shows Laurie the cow-pitcher]
+
+When supper came, how good everything tasted! The home-cured ham,
+delicious butter made on the farm, great slices of fresh bread and
+schmeirkase--I don't believe many of you boys and girls know what
+"Schmeirkase" is, do you? Well, anyway, it is made somehow from thick
+sour cream, so thick that it is put in a bag and hung up in the dairy
+until it is time to be eaten--when I was a little girl and visited a
+farm they used to have schmeirkase for supper, and I always hoped they
+would offer me a second helping and they always did! There were
+strawberries too, and stewed rhubarb, and chocolate layer cake. And Aunt
+Laura put the cake away after supper in a round tin box, in a corner of
+the cupboard, and gave Laurie a great slice the next morning to eat, for
+fear he would grow hungry before dinner.
+
+"I'm as glad as I can be that I've come," he said, and Uncle Sam and
+Aunt Laura smiled at each other. "So like his mother," said Aunt Laura
+and Laurie wondered how he could be like his mother, for his mother was
+ever so much taller then he, and ever so much more "grown up."
+
+[Illustration: Flower ornament]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER II.
+
+
+After supper, Laurie slipped his small hand inside Uncle Sam's big one,
+and they started out together to see the farm, the big collie dog "Shep"
+running along beside them.
+
+"I've never seen so many animals in all my life," he exclaimed, as they
+came up to the great gate that shut in the barnyard, "except perhaps in
+the Zoo."
+
+"Shall we stop here for a moment?" said Uncle Sam, lifting Laurie up and
+seating him on the gate-post, where he could see all over the yard at
+once.
+
+"Oh, how fine!" exclaimed Laurie, "I feel just like a little bird that
+perches on a tree, and looks down on the cows underneath, and isn't a
+bit afraid of their horns!"
+
+[Illustration: Uncle Sam and Laurie]
+
+Uncle Sam laughed, for he knew the cows would not hurt him, nevertheless
+he kept his arm around Laurie to be sure, for he was a little city boy,
+and city boys only see pictures of cows in books, and Uncle Sam thought
+Laurie might be a weeny bit afraid. Bossie, Bonnie Bee, Lilian and
+Daisy, the cows, were standing around waiting to be milked, switching
+their tails and moo-oo-ing now and then; some would wander over to the
+wide horse trough, over which the water spilled, and bend their heads
+until their mouths touched the water, when they would drink in great
+gulps, then turn away with dripping chins.
+
+Just then there was the sound of hoofs, and old "Sue," "Magic" and
+"Marvel" and the colt "Arbutus" raced up from the pasture, and into the
+barnyard.
+
+Uncle Sam drew a handful of apples out of his capacious pockets, and the
+horses came whinneying and ate them out of his hand.
+
+"I'm glad I'm up here," laughed Laurie, but Uncle Sam latched the gate,
+and lifted him down, for there was ever so much more to be seen.
+
+Over in the pig-sty the old mother sow and her family of pigs were
+pushing each other out of the way to see who could get the most supper,
+some of them being impolite enough to stand with their feet in the
+trough, but of course that is considered correct in pig society.
+
+The little pigs were cunning, with their bright eyes and curly tails,
+and even the old sow was admirable, for she would grunt as though to say
+"Did you ever see so fine a family; I have taught them that the best
+things in this world must be hunted for, and to look out for themselves,
+yes! they have been brought up properly, I have a right to be proud."
+
+Laurie had never seen a real pump before, so they stopped and he had a
+drink of the cool well water. How refreshing it was! Next they peeped
+into the chicken house, deserted, except for a few old mother hens,
+sitting on their eggs, who, when they saw Laurie, set up such a fuss
+that he quickly came out again.
+
+[Illustration: Chickens]
+
+As they came near an old brown hen sitting in the grass, Laurie laughed
+with delight when she got up, and a whole brood of downy yellow chicks
+ran from under her wing.
+
+[Illustration: Laurie with the hen and chicks]
+
+Uncle Sam now took Laurie back to the barn to see the milking, and they
+threaded their way through the dim twilight of the stable, past the
+tired horses munching their oats, to the cow-shed, frightening an old
+hen off her nest, where she had laid her eggs away from prying eyes in a
+corner of the hay.
+
+Laurie thought he had never smelt anything so delicious as the odor of
+the sweet clover grass that hung down between the boards of the flooring
+of the hay loft, and when a mouse would scurry away, he would laugh at
+its being afraid of him.
+
+Outside in the gathering twilight, the pigeons were wheeling and
+circling overhead, and dipping to the ground for the corn that lay
+scattered among the pebbles.
+
+High overhead, was the dove-cote on the wagon house. "Do the pigeons
+fly far away, Uncle Sam? and what are they always doing?" asked Laurie
+when he had watched them for some time. "They fly ever so far away,
+Laurie," answered Uncle Sam, "but always come back again. Some pigeons
+you know, the carrier pigeons, carry messages, but I do not think this
+kind is used for that purpose." Meantime Aunt Laura had come out to
+scatter corn to the chickens, who, seeing her approach, hurried to meet
+her on all sides, until she stood surrounded by the pretty feathered
+creatures. Laurie begged for a handful of corn to throw to them, but
+started back in dismay, when an old turkey-gobbler reached up and
+picked a grain out of his hand. "What a rude old bird," he said, "but I
+wasn't a bit afraid of him, he only surprised me," he explained to Aunt
+Laura quickly, for fear she would think him timid. Just then the turkey,
+who was a pompous sort of creature, cocked his head on one side, and
+looked at Laurie for a moment as though he understood, then turned away.
+
+[Illustration: _"What a rude old bird," said Laurie._]
+
+"I'm afraid you have hurt his feelings," said Aunt Laura, "you see he is
+not used to little boys calling him names"--"Well, I'll not do it any
+more, I'm sure I didn't know he minded," replied Laurie, "but still," he
+continued, "it's not as if he really understood, he couldn't unless he
+were a fairy--but turkeys, and cows and pigeons on farms are not
+fairies, are they, Aunt Laura?" "I can't tell you that, Laurie," said
+Aunt Laura, "for I've never seen any fairies--some animals are more
+sensible than others, and some like to be petted, and are fond of being
+with people--if that is what you mean." "No, that is not what I mean
+altogether, it's only part of what I mean," he answered; "if the
+turkey-gobbler wasn't a fairy, it ought not to make any difference to
+him, my calling him rude or not, for he couldn't understand, but he
+looked at me in such a funny way, with his head on one side, that he
+must have known what I was saying."
+
+[Illustration: Laurie taking off his shoes and stockings]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER III.
+
+
+"I couldn't be a bit lonely here, Aunt Laura," he said, as he was
+sitting on the floor that night beside his bed, struggling to take off
+his shoes and stockings all by himself, "you see even when you and Uncle
+Sam are too busy for me to 'sturb you, I can just go out and play with
+the chickens, and talk to the little calf, and 'pretend.'
+
+"It's lots of fun 'pretending,'" he continued, "I can pretend, oh! ever
+so many things--I learned to do it when I had the mumps, and had to stay
+in bed. It wasn't half so bad the having to stay in bed then. I used to
+pretend I was a magician sometimes, and could turn my toys into real
+soldiers, and real ships, and it used to be lots of fun."
+
+"I don't think we shall ever be too busy for you to disturb us, Laurie,"
+said Aunt Laura.
+
+"Oh, may I peep into that funny little door?" Laurie exclaimed, as he
+caught sight of a tiny closet over the mantelpiece. "Where does it go
+to, does it go into the chimney?" Aunt Laura laughed, "No, it does not
+go into the chimney, though everybody who sees it thinks so at first."
+And indeed that seemed the only place that it could open into, for it
+was exactly over the fireplace, where the chimney must be. To be sure
+the fireplace had been boarded up and painted white, and was never used
+now; in its stead a great iron stove like a box, where corn cobs were
+burned, was used in winter, for that made the room much warmer, but
+certainly the little closet had been built at the same time as the
+house, when the fireplace and the chimney had been built.
+
+"I don't exactly know where it goes to, Laurie," said Aunt Laura, "it
+has always been there. When I was a little girl I used to think it was a
+door into another part of the house, that I did not know about, where I
+had never been, and I used to stand on a chair and peep in, but it was
+too dark to see in all the way. I keep some of my jellies in it now,"
+she added, and as she spoke, she opened the door, and showed him a
+tempting row of tumblers, filled with clear amber jelly, neatly covered
+with white paper.
+
+Even after Aunt Laura had tucked him into bed, and given him a
+good-night kiss, Laurie kept wondering about all he had seen--there was
+so much to think about.
+
+"I wonder why the pigeons keep flying about all day," he said to
+himself, "and what chickens and geese say to each other--after all, I
+don't believe they can talk at all," he continued, "for they do not seem
+to be really doing anything--they just fly around in a silly sort of
+way, picking up crumbs, I wonder what they would talk about if they
+could. I wonder if I could peep inside the dove-cote some day and see
+what it looks like." By this time he was almost asleep, but he kept
+repeating to himself, "I wonder--I wonder--I wonder," over and over
+again, until it sounded more like whirrder-whirrder-whirr--yes, Laurie
+was almost sure he had stopped saying "wonder" and something soft like
+whirr-whirr sounded close by, as if one of the pigeons themselves was
+flying about the room.
+
+Laurie opened his eyes wide--"How could a pigeon be in this room," he
+thought; "they must surely be asleep in the dove-cote by this time." The
+room was quite dark, except for a little square of light high upon the
+wall, but he gradually made out the different objects in the room, and
+saw that the light came from the little cupboard on the mantlepiece. He
+heard the soft whirr again, this time close by, and looking up he saw a
+pigeon perched on one of the four posts of his bed. "So you don't
+believe we have any work to do," said the pigeon. "Would you like to see
+inside the dove-cote? If so, come with me." When he said this, he
+hovered about the bed for a moment, then fluttered over to the
+mantelpiece, and stood beside the little cupboard.
+
+[Illustration: Laurie enters the cupboard]
+
+Laurie was about to say that he could not possibly get up to the door,
+when he remembered what Aunt Laura had said about climbing up on a chair
+to peep in, so he jumped out of bed, and pulling a chair close to the
+fireplace, stepped from it to the mantelpiece. It never occurred to him
+until afterwards, to think that he was ever so much too big to fit
+inside the cupboard, and it really did not matter after all, for somehow
+or other he did fit--whether he had grown suddenly quite small, or the
+cupboard was quite large when one got near enough to it, I do not know,
+but there he was inside, with the pigeon hopping along sedately ahead of
+him.
+
+It was apparently a narrow passage, and very long, for they walked on
+for some time, turning corners now and then, as though it ran past
+certain rooms in the house, and Laurie could see that it was lit by
+hundreds of fireflies, making it almost as bright as day.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IV.
+
+
+Suddenly the passageway came to an end, Laurie does not remember quite
+how it happened, but there he was up in the dove-cote, high above the
+farmyard, with the pigeons cooing and circling about him.
+
+What a beautiful dove-cote it was, ever so much larger than one would
+have supposed: indeed it was like a real house.
+
+It did not seem at all strange for the cooing to sound more and more
+like words, and presently Laurie found that the pigeons were inviting
+him to enter. Inside how beautiful it all was! Velvet carpets lay on the
+floor, with the most exquisite patterns traced on them; in each room the
+pattern was different, yet always changing, for they were made by the
+tiny feet of the pigeons as they moved about. Soft curtains hung at the
+doors. They were wonderful feather curtains; instead of having to push
+them to one side, all that one had to do was to move towards them, and
+they folded into wings. Exquisite music sounded in the rooms, that was
+the wind, and it sang of the countries and people it had seen in its
+travels. It sang of the waving corn, the ships at sea, the flames
+leaping in the fireplace, it crooned a lullaby it had heard a mother
+singing to her baby--now the voice of the wind was soft and low, that
+was when it remembered the places it had been in, where there was peace
+and happiness; now it was loud and harsh, for it had also been in
+terrible storms, and wild places, ah! they were wonderful stories. No
+one was idle in the dove-cote, some pigeons were kept busy writing the
+news that the wind brought, others flew here and there, for they were
+the messengers, and must carry the news over the farm.
+
+One pigeon had a ring over his ankle: he was very important indeed,
+quite a personage in the dove-cote.
+
+[Illustration: Some pigeons were kept busy writing the news that the
+wind brought]
+
+"They are going to dance for you," he said to Laurie, and seven pigeons
+stepped into the centre of the room. They began with a faint flutter of
+their wings, turning their heads from side to side, gradually growing
+swifter in their motion, until their brilliant colors blended and
+intermingled in a beautiful prismatic effect. It was like a wonderful
+rainbow dance, only the colors changed as the pigeons moved about, and
+they opened and closed their wings in such a way, that they seemed to
+ripple and flow as water does over the stones.
+
+Their cooing gradually sounded more and more like water gurgling, and
+Laurie listened and listened, until he found his head nodding--he was
+almost asleep--no, he was not asleep, he opened his eyes wide, there was
+the pigeon still, with the ring about his ankle, but the dancing pigeons
+were no longer there; the blue sky shone between trunks of trees, and a
+real brook sparkled over the stones--somehow or other they were walking
+through a wood, the same wood on the edge of the fields, that they had
+driven past on their way to the farm: how quiet it was and how
+deliciously soft the moss underfoot, while a gentle breeze swayed the
+trees overhead.
+
+[Illustration: _"Now we will stop at the squirrel house," said the
+Pigeon._]
+
+"Now we will stop at the squirrel's house," said the pigeon, as they
+stopped at an old tree. "Rap-tap-rap" with his beak on a knot-hole in
+the trunk, and a fat squirrel opened the door. What a lot of chattering!
+he was inviting them to enter. "How delightful," thought Laurie as they
+stepped inside, "now I shall see what a squirrel's house is really
+like."
+
+And indeed it was very different from what he had supposed an old tree
+to be like inside; instead, there was a real little staircase, carpeted
+with green moss, winding up through the hollow trunk, there were
+landings at the different branches, with tiny doors opening off them,
+and the branches themselves were all little rooms with knot-holes for
+windows, across which green leaves were hung for curtains.
+
+The walls were papered with the most beautiful paper in the world; in
+one room it was all blossoms with the most delicate odor; in another the
+walls were hung with green leaves; in another room great red and yellow
+autumn leaves festooned the walls. "You see this is the inside out or
+rather the outside in of the tree," explained the squirrel; "this is
+where the blossoms and leaves are kept when not in use."
+
+It was all a little confusing at first to Laurie, for the squirrels
+seemed to be in such haste, but they were so friendly, and chattered so
+pleasantly to him that somehow or other he understood everything they
+were saying, though they talked in squirrel language, and so by-and-by
+he felt more at home, and sat down while they brought him some
+refreshments.
+
+[Illustration: Such delicious morsels, served in the most tempting
+manner]
+
+Such delicious morsels, served in the most tempting manner! Puree of
+chestnuts, and hickory-nut cake--wonderful cherry cordial, made, the
+squirrels explained to Laurie, out of melted sap of the wild cherry
+tree--exquisite walnuts baked in acorn cups. Oh! I can't tell you half
+what there was, for Laurie did not know himself, but it was all very
+delicious, and the squirrels too seemed to think it an important
+occasion, for there was a great deal of whisking of tails, and the
+squirrel waiters sat up very stiffly with their little paws held up in
+front of them, as though they knew how much was expected of them and
+meant to do their share. Every now and then Laurie would see a pair of
+bright eyes peeping at him over the stair, then off would scurry a baby
+squirrel afraid of being caught, "for all the world," thought Laurie,
+"the way we do at home when we are forbidden to come down when mother is
+giving a party, so watch instead from a landing on the stair when
+nurse's back is turned."
+
+[Illustration: _The squirrel led the way down the winding stair._]
+
+After the refreshments, there was more bowing and waving of bushy tails
+and hand shaking or paw shaking, I do not know which--for it was time to
+be off; Laurie thanked them very much and said he would like to come
+again, which was very true indeed, and he said in his most "grown up
+way" that he had had a delightful time, and the squirrels seemed pleased
+and nodded again, and the same old squirrel, who must have been the
+door-keeper, for he kept jingling a great bunch of keys in his hands,
+now led the way down the winding stair again, until they reached what
+must have been the cellar part of the tree, where the squirrels kept
+their stores for the winter. It had grown so dark that their guide now
+took a lantern down from the wall and, fastening a glow worm inside to
+light the way, showed Laurie great piles of nuts and acorns stacked in
+the corners. After a while they came to a little door and, passing
+through it--the squirrel leading the way, after him the pigeon, and
+Laurie bringing up the rear--they found themselves in a long passage,
+smelling of earth and mould. "It surely must be underground," thought
+Laurie, "I wonder if the moles and mice have streets just as we do. Oh,
+dear! I do hope we don't meet that dreadful turkey-gobbler." Before he
+had time to think much about it, they came to another little door, on
+the other side of which was a stair that evidently led up into another
+tree.
+
+Here the squirrel with the lantern bade them good-bye, and disappeared
+down the corridor. The pigeon led the way up the stair, at the top of
+which was a rough wooden door. "We must leave a message here," said he,
+tapping on the door, and after waiting some time, Laurie thought he
+heard a gruff voice say, "To-who-to-who?" "Why doesn't he come and see
+instead of asking?" thought Laurie, but just then the door opened, and
+an old owl put out his head.
+
+[Illustration: An old owl put out his head]
+
+[Illustration: The owl]
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER V.
+
+
+The owl looked very sleepy, and blinked his eyes very hard. "He must
+have been asleep," said Laurie to himself, "owls always do sleep in the
+day-time I suppose."
+
+"Who-oo!" screeched the owl, flapping his wings and ruffling up his
+feathers, and looking very hard at Laurie. "Oh, dear! I beg your
+pardon," said Laurie, feeling very much frightened indeed, "I didn't
+mean to be rude, but all the birds and animals on the farm here have
+such a curious way of knowing what I'm thinking." The owl paid no
+attention to him, however, but opened the door wider for them to enter,
+and Laurie, keeping close behind the pigeon, stepped in. The owl was
+evidently a bachelor, for his room was very untidy; books and papers lay
+piled about in the greatest confusion, and while he tried in a clumsy
+way to make room for them, every now and then he would upset something,
+as he was extremely near-sighted. He finally pushed a revolving globe on
+a stand toward Laurie, evidently thinking it a stool; it was very
+uncomfortable to sit on, and it had a way of turning round at the least
+little motion, and Laurie hoped that whatever the message was the
+pigeon would not remain long.
+
+[Illustration: The owl reads over the paper]
+
+The pigeon now brought out a folded paper from a pocket underneath his
+wing, and handed it to the owl, who opened it, and said he would give it
+due consideration on reading it over. After listening to their
+conversation awhile Laurie learned that the owl, because of his wisdom,
+was the judge who decided the serious affairs and quarrels among the
+other birds and animals. The room was built in the hollow of a dead
+tree--it was quite snug, but not half so nice as the squirrel house, for
+there was no pretty wall paper, and a great spider-web instead hung
+across one corner of the room; on one side was an oval window, out of
+which could be seen wood and meadow, and on a peg against the wall hung
+a warm winter cloak of soft moleskin. The owl now gravely folded and
+sealed several legal-looking documents, and gave them to the pigeon,
+who, tucking them away in the same pocket, flapped his wings, and,
+nodding to Laurie to jump on his back, flew out into the sunshine.
+Laurie had hardly time to wonder where the pigeon was taking him to this
+time, when he saw the farm below them, and they alighted on the roof of
+the barn.
+
+[Illustration: Laurie was standing on the top of the barn roof]
+
+"Cock-a-doodle-doo," crowed the rooster on the weather-vane, but he
+really thought he was saying "How-de-do-de-do?" He was a splendid
+fellow, for he was pure gold and shone in the sunlight; he turned this
+way and that for everybody to see him, until the common fowls in the
+barn-yard envied him and wished themselves in his place, though if they
+had only known it they were far better off than he, for they could pick
+up corn and worms, while he was obliged to stand there always, which was
+not so pleasant on rainy days. He was terribly hoarse, too, from the
+damp weather, and it made his voice sound like a rusty hinge that needed
+oiling. "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" he said to Laurie, and Laurie bowed the
+best way he could, which was not very easy considering that he was
+standing on the top of the barn roof. "So you are the little boy who has
+come to visit at the farm-house; I saw you drive in. I see everything
+and everybody, people come and people go; it is a mistake to think that
+one must travel to see the world: I prefer to remain at home, but then
+every one is not as bright as I"--he certainly was conceited--"still I
+am never idle," he continued, "for I have my work to do; the farmer
+cannot do without me. I warn him of a change of weather, but not
+everyone who is changeable can be depended upon."
+
+Here the pigeon interrupted him to tell him what the wind had said of a
+storm coming, and he promised to look toward the east for it. The wind
+had certainly got up, there was no doubting it; the weathercock and
+pigeon were right, it was going to rain, big drops were pattering down
+on the roof.
+
+[Illustration: Beside him stood the turkey-gobbler]
+
+Laurie looked round to find the pigeon, but he had disappeared, no doubt
+for fear he would get his feathers wet. "Serves you right, serves you
+right!" sounded close to Laurie's ear, and beside him stood the
+turkey-gobbler. "So you thought the pigeons just flew round in a silly
+sort of way, picking up crumbs did you," he said--or gobbled I should
+say, his voice was so cross--"and you didn't suppose we had our work to
+do as well as the people on the farm, did you?" he really looked very
+alarming as he ruffled up his feathers and spread out his tail like a
+great fan. "Serves you right, to be left out in the rain this way," he
+went on, "next time you'll have better manners, I hope, than to call any
+one a rude bird." Laurie was very much frightened indeed--it was raining
+harder and harder; he started to run: patter, patter, patter, sounded
+the feet of the turkey behind him, "gobble, gobble,"--patter,
+patter,--no, it was only the rain drops this time, he was quite out of
+breath, where was he?
+
+[Illustration: The turkey-gobbler]
+
+He looked about him, he was no longer in the barnyard--of course he knew
+where he was now, but--how frightened he had been; he rubbed his eyes,
+it was morning, the sun shone and there was Aunt Laura clapping her
+hands in the doorway to waken him. "Wake up, wake up, Laurie," she
+said--"why dear me," she added in a puzzled way, looking up at the
+mantelpiece, "how did I happen to forget to shut the cupboard door last
+night?"
+
+[Illustration: "How did I happen to forget to shut the cupboard door
+last night?"]
+
+Perhaps she forgot to shut it, or the pigeon forgot, I do not know;
+anyway that is the end of the Pigeon Story, children;--and maybe
+to-morrow, when the stockings are all darned, and the toys put neatly
+away, I shall tell you the Field Mouse Tale, or the Duck Tale or the
+Windmill Tale, for there are four altogether--would you like to hear
+them?
+
+[Illustration: Flower ornament]
+
+_Printed in Bavaria._
+
+
+
+[Transcriber's Note: The original varied spelling has been retained in
+this ebook. The following typo has been corrected:
+
+p. 34: "How could a pigeon be in his room," -> this room
+
+The Illustration descriptions have been added by the transcriber except
+those marked in _italics_.]
+
+
+
+
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