The Nest in the Honeysuckles — Multiple Authors

The amazing short stories for children were written by various authors for The American Sunday-school Union.An excerpt:Do come here, mother, said Eddie, carefully tip-toeing from the window, and beckoning with his hand. Here is something I want to show you. Come carefully, or I am afraid you will frighten it.Mrs. Dudley laid aside her book, and stepped cautiously forward, Eddie leading the way back to the window. What is it? she inquired.It is a bird with straw in its mouth, and I do believe it is going to build a nest.Mrs. Dudley stood by her little boy a few minutes, looking from the window. Presently a robin alighted on the walnut tree, directly before them, with a bunch of dry grass in its mouth. It rested a few seconds, and then flew in among the branches of a honeysuckle which twined around the pillars, and crept over the top of the porch. A fine, warm place it was for a nest, sheltered from the north winds, and from the driving rains, and from the hot rays of the noon-day sun...