KITTYS CANARY

SUCH a pet as Fluffy became at first sight! Papa had
bought him to cheer Kitty when she was recovering from
a tedious fever, and it really seemed as if Fluffy understood
all about it. He appeared hardly to care for himself at all,
though a new bird in a strange house certainly must have
lonely and uneasy feelings at first. Fluffy never had lived
the free out-of-door life that birds of his kind always énjoy
in the Canary Isles; but he had come from a beautiful,
sunny shop where there were rows upon rows of cages, and
al the birds living in them knew one another by note, and
were sure of having plenty of everything to make them
comfortable. Mr. Carr, their owner, knew how important
it was that his singers should be well cared for, and he al-
ways gave them fresh food and water every day.

Whether some other little bird told him or not, or whe-
ther Fluffy heard Kitty softly sobbing because the doctor
had said she must stay in the house for a week longer, no-
body can say. I only know that as soon as Fluffy’s cage
was hung by the window in Kitty’s room, the little fellow
began to take an interest. Yes, really to take an interest.

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