In Touch with Nature

by Gordon Stables

[...]as the days get warmer; laziness should not be encouraged even in sparrows. "December 21.-The weather is still hard and calm. Cock-robin had a sad story to tell me this morning. He looked all wet and draggled and wretched, quite a little mop of a robin. "'Whatever have you been doing, Cockie?' I asked. 'Have you had an accident?' "'Accident, indeed!' replied Cockie. 'No, it was no accident, but a daring premeditated attempt at parricide.' "'Parricide, ' I cried, 'you don't mean to say that your son-' "'O! but I do though, ' interrupted Cockie. 'You know, sir, that he follows me to the door, and attempts to take the bit out of my mouth, and you've seen me fling him a piece of meat.'[...].

148 pages, Paperback

First published September 13, 2011

About the author

William Gordon Stables was a Scottish-born medical doctor in the Royal Navy and a prolific author of adventure fiction, primarily for boys. He also wrote books on health, fitness and medical subjects, and the keeping of cats and dogs.