Download or read book The Birds' Convention (Classic Reprint) written by Harriet Williams Myers and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Birds' Convention "The meeting will please come to order." It was Mr. Mockingbird who spoke and, instantly, there was quiet among the birds. "I think you all know why we are here assembled," began Mr. Mockingbird. "It is to hold our First Annual Convention of the birds. All our human brothers hold meetings which they call 'conventions, ' and from what I hear of them, they are most enjoyable occasions. Only last night the mistress of the yard where Mrs. Mocker and I 'dwell and raise our families, was telling her mate of an 'affair, ' as she called it, and I am sure it must have been delightful." "Yes, my friends," spoke up Mrs. Mocker, "our family" - meaning the humans where she lived -"go to many things of that kind. Only a short time ago the daughter went on a moonlight picnic, a thing we would not care to do, although Mr. Mocker always sings these spring nights and would not mind an evening meeting, I suppose." "The boy at our house often goes to 'games' as he calls them," said Mr. Jay. "He is a football player, whatever that may be, and sometimes he comes home all bruised up. I am sure that nothing of that kind will happen at our Convention," and Mr. Jay tried to look meek. Mrs. Goldfinch whispered to her neighbor that she guessed if Mr. Jay behaved himself the others would. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.