Keep still in the nest, O my birdlings dear,
While I search for a worm! Do not chirrup one word!
There's a cruel tigress crouching so near —
For her hungry cubs she is seeking a bird!
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WHAT THE BIRD-MOTHER SAID · Edith Matilda Thomas · Poetry Cove