THe PIGEONS OF VENICE

 

“Papa, please tell me a soy about
birds?”

“Well, Bennie, in he city of Venice, in
Ittaby ticre is) 4 large cures called St
Mark’s. At two oclock, each day, the
bells ring, and the moment they sound,
hundreds of pigeons come from all direc-
tions, and dart into St. Mark's square.”

“What do they come for, papa?”

“Because the people pet them, and feed
them there every day, just at that hour.’

“Ts Venice a big city, papa?”

(Nes anda ven old one Mts <trects
are of water instead of pavement. ‘They
call them canals.”

“Then they don't heme fo sprinkle them
in summer, do they? But where do they
drive their horses?”

“They don't have any horses in Venice.
They use boats instead of wagons.’