April 25: The Loving Mates
“A little bird had lost her mate,” said daddy, “and was very sad. A sudden storm had come up when she was out, but when the storm blew over she found her way back to the dear mate who was looking for her.
“‘T-r-i-l-l, t-r-i-l-l,’ her little mate cried, and trembled with joy.
“‘My little mate, my loving little mate,’ she said in her bird language as she gave him a kiss with her little beak.
“And then such a song! Such a song as has seldom been heard before was sung by that happy bird to his little loving mate.”