k warm leaves? I am a poor little
Bird with a broken wing and I cannot fly!"

_Oak_. "Oh, you must not ask me, little Bird, for all day
long my little friends, the squirrels, have been jumping
across my branches, gathering nuts and seeking holes to
store their acorns in. I have no room for a stranger."

_The Bird_. "Ah! I did not think the Oak could be so cruel.
Perhaps Maple will help me, she always seemed kind like a
Mother. Dear, beautiful Maple, I am tired. May I rest among
your lovely red leaves until my broken wing is mended and my
friends come back to me?"

_Maple_. "Oh, no, I could not think of it! I have just
dressed my leaves all in red and you might spoil their
lovely clothes. Do go away. There are other trees in the
forest not so gay as I."

_The Bird_. "What should I do? No one wants to help me. Can
I not find one kind tree? Dear kind Willow, your branches
bend almost to the ground. Could I live in them until the
spring-time?"

_Willow_. "Really, little Bird with the broken wing, you are
a stranger. You should have gone with the other birds. Maybe
some other tree can help you but we willows are particular."

_The Bird_. "I do not know where to go and I'm so cold! I
wonder if the other birds have reached the beautiful warm
South."

_Spruce_. "Little Bird, little Bird, where are you going?"

_The Bird_. "I do not know. I am very cold."

_Spruce_. "Come, make a big hop and rest in this snug corner
of my branches. You can stay with me all winter if you
like."

_The Bird_. "You are so good, dear Spruce-tree. Will you
really let me?"

_Spruce_. "If your friends the birds have left you, your
other friends, the trees, will surely help you. Ho,
Pine-tree, you would help a little Bird with a broken wing,
wouldn't you?"

_Pine_. "Oh, yes, dear Bird! My branches are not wide but I
am tall and thick, and I will keep the cold North Wind from
you."

_Juniper_. "And maybe I can help. Are you hungry, little
Bird? You can eat my nice little berries whenever you like."

_The Bird_. "Thank you, kind friends! I will go to sleep now
on this nice branch of the Spruce-tree, Good-night, dear
Trees."

_Spruce, Pine, and Juniper_. "Good-night, little Bird."

_North Wind. "Oo_,--_Oo_!--Now