W. H. D. Rouse
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first heard Aug 2026
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running up to the very tops of the trees and back again but never catching the birds oh no she was too happy to lie in wait for them and the best trick of all was when she would sit on the bank and watch for a boat coming from the other camp
every time he and willard were out of her sight she would listen for the lapping of the oars then leap to the bank give a glad little cry arch her back and give her sweet high-toned purr when they came near
one evening before it was quite dark when supper was just ready at their father's camp on the hill aida and moma had come over to stay all night they were to have their evensong with the organ violin and guitar and the sweet human sympathetic voices of all in unison the songs which edway was sure could be heard by the birds in their nests high up in the tall trees that leaned over the camp roof
they had just heard willard and his father fastening their boat at the foot of the hill and now they the truants were running quickly up the stone steps from the landing when willard the first comer opened the door and thrust some object inside
it was none other than zephyr while we were passing your dock we saw zephyr waiting all alone on the bank we called to her and she came running down and we took her right into the boat with us and here she is you precious darling said edwy stroking her
as supper was now ready he took her in his lap and contrary to all rules he fed her as the poet maeterlinck used to do with his pet cat talking to her in his happy voice in his own place at the table
the evening had grown cool enough to have a fire of apple-tree wood blazing before the broad hearth so before they began their evensong willard had laid the moss-covered logs together and lighted them removing first the dainty fender which his own hands had made with artistic deftness
having woven in the name of their camp among the interstices of the woven wire now where the welcome fire-glow shone through it on the hearth-rug zephyr had taken her position quite at home and happy purring her gray thrums louder than ever in her contentment
chapter v the real meaning of christmas it seemed now as if this second camp where zephyr lived had new attractions for edway he would spend the days happily with his friends here was that teasable aunt aida and his friend moma his own little conceit to avoid the longer name but then he had as many pet names for her as there were months in the year
she never held up other boys to them as examples for she always seemed to think that he and willard were the best ever but it was drawing near the time that one branch of the family of campers would have to say good-bye to summer fields and woods and go back to the city and school
edway felt a little blue about leaving his pets and had a quiet talk with this special friend of his after the rest had gone out on the lake to have a last chance at the trout fishing before leaving the lake he was in the reminiscent mood that precedes sleep and was telling his friend how much he wished they would always stay in the country but after all you would miss the bright happy christmas in the city home you know
oh yes to be sure and we'll have the lovely snowflakes coming down from the sky and a lot of good times she had asked him then when they were talking about christmas and about all the delights of that time if he knew the real meaning of christmas
why yes he had answered it is to keep in mind a very great event in the world the greatest that ever happened but then you know it wouldn't be christmas to us boys if we didn't get some gifts of our very own for we can't always be thinking big thoughts
so many things he continued were impossible until he was older he had wanted a dog but he couldn't have that he had asked for a cat but of course he couldn't have that he could only have kids things if he was only a shepherd he could have some lambs
he had once had a tame weasel and it was the dearest thing but you couldn't pet a weasel although you could get to love it and feel as if the world had come to an end when it died but there was always one christmas that he remembered he had got a lot of things that day but when night came he was so tired that he had a fight with his brother oh not a real fight you know only the kind that brothers always have
people may think you awful and send you off to bed but half the time you don't know what's the matter why that was only last christmas do you remember that night oh perfectly we were at home in the city he continued you had come up to my room and sat by me i was all covered up with a quilt so you wouldn't see my red eyes all at once we heard some one singing
it was only mamma and aida mamma was playing the air on the dear violin aida accompanying her on the piano and singing and she always gives one a chance to hear the words yes edw i remember you flew out of bed and leaned over the banisters to hear it was from the oratorio of the messiah you wished they would play and sing it all night you had forgotten all your troubles in a moment
oh i can hear it now even after all these months as the remembrance of it comes through the still evening air he shall feed his flock feed his flock like a shepherd he shall carry the lambs in his bosom and shall gently lead those that are with young
then you told me the story about his life after i came back to bed and i fell asleep saying it over and over he shall feed his flock feed his flock like a shepherd and carry the lambs in his bosom the little little lambs
chapter six departure of the first group of campers edway's special friend had noticed how bravely he had given up the idea of taking any of the country pets to the city at least until he grew older but there was one little plan which she had not as yet divulged to anybody she had remarked to herself that a kitten had not been forbidden simply because it had not been thought of as a possibility
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