，她用了好几分钟才拍打着水走上岸来。“他也

    有好些优点，不过就我而言，我有一个母亲的情怀，只要看见那些铁了心不结婚的单身汉总

    忍不住要掉下眼泪来。”

    “我真担心我把他给得罪了，”红雀回答说，“事实是我给他讲了一个带教义的故事。”

    “啊，这事总是很危险的，”母鸭说。

    我完全同意她的话。

    tED FRIEND

    One morning ter-rat put  of his hole.  he had

    brigiff grey wail was like a

    long bit of black india-rubber.  ttle ducks were swimming

    about in t like a lot of yellow canaries, and

    te rying to

    teaco stand on ter.

    quot;You  society unless you can stand on your

    ; s saying to then she showed

    t  ttle ducks paid no attention to

    t knoage

    it is to be in society at all.

    quot; disobedient c; cried ter-rat; quot;they really

    deserve to be dro;

    quot;Not; ans;every one must make a

    beginning, and parents cannot be too patient.quot;

    quot;A ts,quot; said ter-

    rat; quot;I am not a family man.  In fact, I have never been married,

    and I never intend to be.  Love is all very s

    friendshe world

    t is eited friends;

    quot;And ies of a devoted friend?quot;

    asked a Green Linnet, ree hard by, and

    ion.

    quot;Yes, t is just  to kno; said the Duck; and she

    so tood upon her head, in order

    to give her children a good example.

    quot; a silly question!quot; cried ter-rat.  quot;I s my

    devoted friend to be devoted to me, of course.quot;

    quot;And urn?quot; said ttle bird, swinging

    upon a silver spray, and flapping iny