. Gray Lady and the birds; stories of the bird year for home and school . ident would happen, and Goldilocks willshow you a beautiful bracket nest and five white eggs thatbecame loosened after a storm and fell out on to thehearth. But now that there is a fire all the time and a coalstove at Swallow Chimney, wont the birds choke if theylive there? asked Sarah Barnes. Grandma says theycan stand wood smoke, but that coal-gas spixiates em;cause weve never had any at our house since weve beenburning coal. I believe that your grandmother is right, said GrayLady, and for this reason I have planned to
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. Gray Lady and the birds; stories of the bird year for home and school . ident would happen, and Goldilocks willshow you a beautiful bracket nest and five white eggs thatbecame loosened after a storm and fell out on to thehearth. But now that there is a fire all the time and a coalstove at Swallow Chimney, wont the birds choke if theylive there? asked Sarah Barnes. Grandma says theycan stand wood smoke, but that coal-gas spixiates em;cause weve never had any at our house since weve beenburning coal. I believe that your grandmother is right, said GrayLady, and for this reason I have planned to have a newoutside chimney for the cooking stove, so that the realSwallow Chimney may be only used for the woodhearth fires, and so continue to be their home for as longas I live or the birds wish to rent it. TO A CHIMNEY SWIFT Uncumbered neighbour of our race! Thou only of thy clanHast made thy haunt and dwelling-place Within the walls of man. Thy haughty wing, which rides the storm, Hath stooped to Earths desires, And round thy eery rises warmThe smoke of human fires.. -W^^i ^ *