DESERTED YOUNG PEEWIT
One day in the spring a man at Ferryhill, near London, found a young peewit which seemed to have been deserted. Taking compassion on the poor creature., he picked it up,, carried it to two friends, and asked, if they would take care of it till it •was able to fly. They said they would and. the half-starved and neglected bird was cared for. •Bt grew up to be a fine bird, and the time came to set it free. They took it into a field, opened its cage, and let it fly away, expecting to see it no more. But that evening the peewit was back. The next morning it flew off to the green fields and the woods, and again it returned in the evening, anxious to be fussed over.
So it lias gone on ever since. The peewit has his liberty, flying where he pleases all day, but every night sleeping under the roof of the people who have been kind to him. Don't forget you will never regret doing a kindly action.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 17, 22 October 1943, Page 6
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179DESERTED YOUNG PEEWIT Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 17, 22 October 1943, Page 6
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