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Assemble a mini doll sized book: Left, is the Cuckoo's illustration and verse. Visitors can collect all the bird illustrations and verse from "Bird Children" to print and construct a small book of verse for their dolls. Simply drag each png. into a Word Document, print, cut out all of the images the same size and staple the pages together at the left edge. Squeeze out some white school glue along the stapled edge of the pages and attach a cardboard cover.
Cuckoo's a quiet, useful bird,
He eats the naughty worms, I've heard,
And from the woods he calls to you
His simple song: - "Cuckoo, cuckoo."
He eats the naughty worms, I've heard,
And from the woods he calls to you
His simple song: - "Cuckoo, cuckoo."
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Professor Tu-Whit Finds An Opera Star
TU-WHIT, the Owl, was manager of the Birds' Opera House, where performances were given all summer.
And Tu-whit thought Madame Cuckoo, who was the leading singer in his company, was by far the greatest singer in the world. What is more, he was silly enough to say so, and this gave Madame Cuckoo such a great opinion of herself that she got to asking very high prices - as much as twenty worms at a time.
Well, one day Mrs. Linnet called on the professor and asked him why he paid such high prices to Madame Cuckoo, when her daughter, Mary Linnet, had a voice every bit as good and was willing to sing for five worms a day. The professor laughed. " Oh, excuse me, Mrs. Linnet, but that is such a good joke !" And Mrs. Linnet said nothing, only looked very determined; and soon afterwards the bird folks noticed that Mary Linnet had gone on a visit.
Then, one day, months after Mary had gone away, the news spread through Birdville that a strange singer - no one knew her name - had come to town. Madame Cuckoo looked uneasy, but declared she was not afraid - that the stranger certainly could not sing as well as she.
Professor Tu-whit, who always liked to be nice to visitors from a distance, kindly offered the use of his opera house to the young lady; and she said, very well, she would like to try the part of Jenny Wren in the opera called Sing a Sony of Sixpence.
There was a big audience at the Opera House that day.
The opera went along fairly well, but everyone was waiting for the new singer. Finally, when Jenny Wren had "popped on again" the nose which the maid had, lost in the garden while hanging up clothes, then it was that Jenny burst into the Song of Sixpence which closes the opera; and she did it so well that the audience went wild. As the last note died away, they all rose to their feet and whistled and shouted and clapped their wings and called for "Miss L---," which was the name given by the young lady. And then Professor Tu-whit led her forward and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honor to present to you Miss Mary Linnet, who has just returned to our fair city after having had her voice cultivated. I have decided to hire her as my leading star." Henry Altemus Company.
And Tu-whit thought Madame Cuckoo, who was the leading singer in his company, was by far the greatest singer in the world. What is more, he was silly enough to say so, and this gave Madame Cuckoo such a great opinion of herself that she got to asking very high prices - as much as twenty worms at a time.
Well, one day Mrs. Linnet called on the professor and asked him why he paid such high prices to Madame Cuckoo, when her daughter, Mary Linnet, had a voice every bit as good and was willing to sing for five worms a day. The professor laughed. " Oh, excuse me, Mrs. Linnet, but that is such a good joke !" And Mrs. Linnet said nothing, only looked very determined; and soon afterwards the bird folks noticed that Mary Linnet had gone on a visit.
Then, one day, months after Mary had gone away, the news spread through Birdville that a strange singer - no one knew her name - had come to town. Madame Cuckoo looked uneasy, but declared she was not afraid - that the stranger certainly could not sing as well as she.
Professor Tu-whit, who always liked to be nice to visitors from a distance, kindly offered the use of his opera house to the young lady; and she said, very well, she would like to try the part of Jenny Wren in the opera called Sing a Sony of Sixpence.
There was a big audience at the Opera House that day.
The opera went along fairly well, but everyone was waiting for the new singer. Finally, when Jenny Wren had "popped on again" the nose which the maid had, lost in the garden while hanging up clothes, then it was that Jenny burst into the Song of Sixpence which closes the opera; and she did it so well that the audience went wild. As the last note died away, they all rose to their feet and whistled and shouted and clapped their wings and called for "Miss L---," which was the name given by the young lady. And then Professor Tu-whit led her forward and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honor to present to you Miss Mary Linnet, who has just returned to our fair city after having had her voice cultivated. I have decided to hire her as my leading star." Henry Altemus Company.
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