birdies

Three wise birdies
Andrés Díaz Marrero

Term of use

red tail hawk

Three birdies were living in the woods close to a hill. They were brothers. Dally was the elder, Pearly, came second, and last came Tinkle, her little brother. Dally, learns by looking. Pearly, learns by listening. Tinkle, learns by heeding the teaching of his sisters.

Dally, who learns by looking, had learned the different places of the forest patch. She knew the distance between the shrubs and the trees. She also knew about trees with hollows on them.

The three wise birdies were chatting on the branch of a mango tree. Dally was