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All were surprised to find that he was not with them.
In a few minutes Mr. Lincoln joined them. His shoes were covered with mud; he had torn his coat on the thorny tree.
"Hello,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Abraham!" said Mr. Hardin. "Where have you been?"
"Yes, why should we?" said Mr. Speed.
birds were there, that had not fallen out. All cuddled down together and were very happy.
Then they rode on, talking and laughing as before. In a few minutes they had forgotten about the birds.
They did not seem frightened, but chirped softly, as if they knew they were safe.
"What is the matter here?" asked the first lawyer, whose name was Speed. "Oh, it's only some old robins!" said the second lawyer, whose name was Hardin.
"Stith! stith! stith!" came from the leafy branches above them.
But Mr. Lincoln could climb. He had climbed many a tree when he was a boy. He put the birds softly, one by one, into their warm little home. Two other baby
Abraham Lincoln afterwards became very famous as a lawyer and statesman. He was elected president. Next to Washington he was the greatest American.
mate.
"Cheep! cheep,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]! cheep!" came from the wet grass.
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Then all three of them laughed heartily. They thought it so foolish that a strong man should take so much trouble just for some worthless young birds.
Soon the three lawyers who had ridden ahead stopped at a spring to give their horses water.
"Never mind, my little fellows," said Mr. Lincoln "I will put you in your own cozy little bed."
"Where is Lincoln?" asked one.
"The storm has blown two of the little ones out of the nest. They are too young to fly, and the mother bird is making a great fuss about it."
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laughed and were very jolly.
"What a pity! They'll die down there in the grass," said the third lawyer, whose name I forget.
There had been a rain, and the ground was very soft. Water was dripping from the trees, and the grass was wet.
"Do you remember those birds?" said Mr. Speed. "Very likely he has stopped to take care of them."
Then he looked up to find the nest from which they had fallen. It was high, much higher than he could reach.
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One day in spring four men were riding on horseback along a country road. These men were lawyers, and they were going to the next town to attend court.
As they were passing through a grove of small trees, they heard a great fluttering over their heads and a feeble chirping in the grass by the roadside.
"I stopped a minute to give those birds to their mother," he answered.
"Well, we always thought you were a hero," said Mr. Speed. "Now we know it."
"Gentlemen," said Mr. Lincoln, "I could not have slept to-night, if I had left those helpless little robins to perish in the wet grass."
"Oh, well! They're nothing but birds," said Mr. Hardin. "Why should we bother?"
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