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Title: The Old Oak Tree
Author: Miss Moncrieff
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[Illustration: DEAN’S SIXPENNY NEW CHROMO PICTURE & TALE BOOKS.
the OLD OAK TREE
by
MISS MONCRIEFF
Emrik & Binger, Lith. 15 Holborn Viaduct.
DEAN & SON. 160^A FLEET STREET, LONDON E. C.
OR UNTEARABLE CLOTH--ONE SHILLING.]
[Illustration: Emrik & Binger, Lith. 15 Holborn Viaduct.]
[Illustration: THE OLD OAK TREE]
Once upon a time there was an OLD OAK TREE in a gentleman’s park. It
grew beside a river, and stretched out its long strong arms, covered
with thick green ivy, as if welcoming everybody to its shelter.
A number of animals took advantage of its invitations:
First, at the foot of it, lived Bunny the Rabbit, with Mrs. Bunny, his
wife, and a fine family of sixteen children. There they ran in and out,
cocking up their little white tails, and popping into their hole as
quick as lightning the moment they saw anybody coming.
Jerry, the Squirrel, who lived high up in the tree, used to look down
and pity Mr. Bunny very much; for he was so poor, had such a large
family, and not a single nut laid by for the winter! But Bunny knew
better; and when he, Mrs. Bunny, and the little gray Bunnies were
huddled together so warm on a winter’s night, he used to listen to the
wind, and say, “Poor Jerry! how cold it must be up there!” But Jerry
could wrap his tail round his neck like a boa, and fall sound asleep on
the tree-top.
[Illustration]
Below Jerry’s house, where the ivy was thickest, lived Cozie Cowl, the
Owl, with his wise nose, and his great yellow staring eyes. He kept a
singing-school at night, and when all the other birds were sleeping you
might hear Cozie Cowl and the Misses Cozie Cowl all singing, “Tu-whit!
Tu-who-o!”
Then, among the ivy was a Robin Redbreast, a pair of Blackbirds, and two
lovely Tomtits; there was also a noisy family of Jackdaws, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray by name, in a hole in the trunk, which they called “Heart of Oak
Hall;” and, highest of all, lived a quiet old fisherman, called
Longlegs, the Heron.
[Illustration]
Most peaceably they all lived together, always polite and
neighbourly. They sang their best songs; and the Squire used to look up
and say,--“Ah! there is no tree so full of music as the OLD OAK.”
[Illustration]
One day a pair of new-comers came to the Old Oak Tree, and began to
settle themselves and build their nest. Mr. and Mrs. Jay (for that was
their name) were most beautiful birds, with crests on their heads and
pretty blue feathers on their wings; but their voices were loud and
sharp, and they seemed to be always scolding.
They were full of curiosity about their neighbours, and peeped into
everybody’s house. “Why do you live down there, Mr. Bunny?” said Mrs.
Jay; “I’m sure your house must be damp, and unhealthy for the children.”
Then they attacked Cozie Cowl:--“If you would only keep decent hours,
and come out the proper time of day, Mr. Cozie Cowl, it would do you a
world of good.” And Cozie, with all his wisdom, was so silly as to
believe them, and came tumbling out of his hole in the ivy, looking so
foolish that the mischievous Jays laughed at him, and pecked at him till
he crept into his corner again.
“As for you, Jerry,” said Mrs. Jay, “I don’t believe you are a bit
comfortable up there. Why don’t you marry Miss Hedgehog, and set up
house decently?”
[Illustration]
And so these two naughty birds made everybody uncomfortable, and taught
those who had been contented before to despise their own houses and
lonely life; till at last, instead of sweet songs, there was nothing but
complaints and noises; and, loudest of all, the sharp harsh cries of Mr.
and Mrs. Jay were heard from the tree.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
One day, the Squire and his lady, with their children, came past: “What
disagreeable noise is that? Oh, I see now, it is the Jays in that
oak--what pretty birds!” “Very pretty, my dear,” said her husband, “but
insufferably noisy: we must get rid of them.” And before night a gun
went _bang!_ and again _bang!_ and down went Mr. Jay and Mrs. Jay, with
all their fine feathers. And thus was peace restored to the OLD OAK.
About this time, Jerry, who was a great favourite with everybody, took
to himself a nice little wife; and, in honour of the event, Mr. and Mrs.
Cozie Cowl determined to give a grand tea party. It was difficult to fix
upon a good hour, because, if it was during the daylight, Cozie Cowl
would be sure to fall asleep, and if it was at night, no one else would
be awake. So Mrs. Cozie, like a wise bird as she was, fixed on the
twilight hour, when the moon would rise soon and serve them for a lamp.
[Illustration]
What a nice feast she prepared for them! The best of nuts and acorns for
Jerry and his wee wife, beautiful dandelions for the Bunny family,
pretty speckled trout for Longlegs the Heron, grubs and grains for the
Jackdaws, and lovely fat worms for the Blackbird and Robin Redbreast;
while for Cozie himself she got the very thing in the world he liked
best--a particularly nasty dead mouse! Altogether there never was such a
merry party in the OLD OAK TREE.
They sat a long time talking of many things, and at last they began to
talk about their great neighbours in the big house hard by. “The
Squire’s gardener is the best of men,” said Robin Redbreast; “he has
been digging up worms for me since six o’clock this morning!” “But what
do you think of the lady herself?” said Bunny; “I heard her order him to
fill the flower-beds with carnations, my own favourite food!” and the
sixteen little Bunnies cocked up their long ears at the thought. “I
know,” said the Blackbird, “the Squire’s cherries are the best in the
country. I am so much obliged to him.” “Yes,” said the Jackdaw, “and the
people who have put up the telegraph wires for us to sit upon!”
[Illustration]
“My friends,” said Cozie, “you know nothing about it. I fly about by
night, and know more than you do. I heard the gardener ordered to shoot
the Blackbirds who ate the cherries; to set traps for the rabbits; and I
heard my lady say she would like to have you, Jerry, my boy, running
round the treadmill in her Squirrel-cage! But as for the telegraph
wires, _they_ must have been put up for us to sit upon!” At this point
Mrs. Cozie volunteered a song; on which all the birds said “Good-night”
in a desperate hurry.
[Illustration: Emrik & Binger, Lith. 15 Holborn Viaduct.]
Now, the Jackdaws were not pleasant birds to have for neighbours. They
were always grubbing and pecking in Heart of Oak Hall, till they made
the hole too large to be good for the tree. Then the river that flowed
beside it, worked away among its roots and loosened it; so one day, the
Squire, as he came past, said, “That tree must be cut down.”
[Illustration]
Bunny, with his long ears, heard this, and ran directly to tell Jerry,
who agreed with him that it was a great risk to remain; so did Blackbird
and Robin. The Water Rat recommended a nice clean lodging to the
Bunnies. Jerry and his wife betook themselves to the horse-chestnut
tree; whilst Cozie Cowl and all the little Cozies just waited till it
was dark enough for them to see, and then they too flew away to another
shelter.
But the Jackdaws would not be warned. “We have lived here always,” said
they, “and we are not going away now. This tree has stood for hundreds
of years, and it is likely to stand for a hundred more. You are always
so easily frightened, poor Bunny. Such a tree was never cut down in this
park, and never will be!”
But the Squire had given his orders, and the next morning the woodmen
set to work to fell the Old Oak. The Jackdaws then began to think there
might be some truth in Jerry’s report; but when the woodmen went away to
breakfast, and all was still again, they believed their own opinion once
more, and went out as usual to find a dinner for their young family.
Grubs were scarce that day, and it was late before they returned home,
as they thought; but they had no home now. The ground was littered with
splinters and broken branches. The Old Oak Tree was lying prostrate on
the grass, and a few black feathers were floating down the river.
[Illustration]
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Transcriber’s Notes
Some minor obvious errors and inconsistencies have been corrected
silently.
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