96 Ida and her Crow.

- Cissy has found a picture of a little girl, who
was so fond of birds that she made a pet of a
crow. Ida—that was the little girl’s name—-had
the crow given to her when it was hardly fledged,
and she fed it, and took care of it, until it was

 

 

 

 

quite big and strong. Then she did not shut it
up ina cage, but let it fly where it liked. Soon
it went away to live up in the tall trees, but
whenever Ida calls, “Tommy, Tommy!” if the
crow is within hearing, it answers with a croak,
and flies down to its little mistress.