The Adventures of Bob White by Thornton W. Burgess

Author:Thornton W. Burgess [Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Northern bobwhite -- Juvenile fiction, General, juvenile fiction, Birds -- Juvenile fiction, animals, Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction, Animals -- Juvenile fiction
ISBN: 9780486263441
Google: cMXDAgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-04-09T08:59:23+00:00

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Then he sat down to watch Mrs. Bob catching cabbage-butterflies which he knew were laying the eggs which would hatch out into the worms that spoiled the cabbages. He counted the number she caught while she was in sight. He did the same thing with another of the Bob Whites who was catching cucumber-beetles, and with another who was hunting grasshoppers. Then he did some more figuring on that bit of paper. When he had finished he got up and went straight down to the cornfield where Farmer Brown was at work.

“I know now what you meant when you used to tell me that figures talk,” said he. “Why, they've told me more than I ever dreamed! They've told me that the Bob Whites are the best friends we've got, and that the reason that we've got the best garden anywhere around is just because they have made it so. Why, those little brown birds are actually making money for us, and we never guessed it!”

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