No home is just a thing of walls;

A spirit there insistent calls.

—Danny Meadow Mouse

Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse were back in the great man-bird with the broken wing. It was so good to be there that for two or three days, they were perfectly happy. Trader the Wood Rat came over to see them every night. Sometimes there were other visitors, but none save Trader that dared climb up in that man-bird. Once they saw Yowler the Bob Cat staring at it with eyes filled with curiosity and suspicion. He walked around it twice, but he was careful to keep at a distance.

But one morning, after having been out all night, they were awakened by strange noises. They heard the voices of men. They peeped out. Their friend the aviator had returned, and with him were other men. They came right over to the

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