A MAGPIE STORY
' Thisiaa.truftstory told by somebody who Ifves in the country. Two magpies built their nest in a tall gum tree near a creek. Then the mother bird laid her eggs and. four little birtfe: were hatcEuedi. The parents were so happy and carried food to then* every day.*.
All went well until a thunderstorm came and the limb of the tree was brcfeeffioffi'-witht the nest and fell into the water: .The-little: birds were still in the nestfari'd unharmed, for the nest was not. overturned and did not reach, the water. Tfie parent birds- were so distressed as they saw the nest carried along with the streams They were wise ..enough to watch,, and when the limb taught, against the bank they carried food to them. They watched over them day and night for some weeks until they; weir* did enough to fly and lejuw the nest. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 84, 9 April 1938, Page 20
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148A MAGPIE STORY Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 84, 9 April 1938, Page 20
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