What the Blackbird said: A story in four chirpsLocker-Lampson, Hannah Jane
Philosophy
What the Blackbird said: A story in four chirps
Locker-Lampson, Hannah Jane
Birds -- Juvenile literature; Seasons -- Juvenile literature
Page 32: =laurel bushes= standardized to =laurel-bushes=
(he flew off to the =laurel-bushes= by the bay window and
sang a song)
Page 36: Removed comma from "Nanny," (he was afraid that
"=Nanny=" might find out what they were doing.)
Page 41: Removed begin quote before "When ("Oh," replied
the Rook, "the swallows are most curious and interesting
creatures. =When= October comes they assemble)
Page 52: =newly mown= standardized to =newly-mown= (The
=newly-mown= hay was falling on all sides)
Page 54: =even-tide= standardized to =eventide= (This was
a secret corner to which the birds repaired at
=eventide=)
Page 60: "twofold shout" changed to single quotes (His
='twofold shout'= of _cuckoo_ is a welcome sound to every
one)
Page 84: spring?" changed to double quote ("Don't you
remember what I told you in the =spring?"=)
Page 87: =bay-window= standardized to =bay window= (he
knew of a certain =bay window= where two eager little
faces would be watching for him)
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Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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