He looked about him, he was no longer in the barnyard--of course he knew where he was now, but--how frightened he had been; he rubbed his eyes, it was morning, the sun shone and there was Aunt Laura clapping her hands in the doorway to waken him. "Wake up, wake up, Laurie," she said--"why dear me," she added in a puzzled way, looking up at the mantelpiece, "how did I happen to forget to shut the cupboard door last night?" [Illustration: "How did I happen to forget to shut the cupboard door last night?"] Perhaps she forgot to shut it, or the pigeon forgot, I do not know; anyway that is the end of the Pigeon Story, children;--and maybe to-morrow, when the stockings are all darned, and the toys put neatly away, I shall tell you the Field Mouse Tale, or the Duck Tale or the Windmill Tale, for there are four altogether--would you like to hear them? [Illustration: Flower ornament] _Printed in Bavaria._ [Transcriber's Note: The original varied spelling has been retained in this ebook. The following typo has been corrected: p. 34: "How could a pigeon be in his room," -> this room The Illustration descriptions have been added by the transcriber except those marked in _italics_.]