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"Yes, why should we?" said Mr. Speed.
"What a pity! They'll die down there in the grass," said the third lawyer, whose name I forget.
The three men, as they passed, looked down and saw the little birds fluttering in the cold, wet grass. They saw the mother robin flying about, and crying to her
"Where is Lincoln?" asked one.
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.
birds were there, that had not fallen out. All cuddled down together and were very happy.
"Hello, Abraham!" said Mr. Hardin. "Where have you been?"
mate.
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.
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The four lawyers rode along, one behind another; for the pathway was narrow, and the mud on each side of it was deep. They rode slowly, and talked and
All were surprised to find that he was not with them.
"Cheep! cheep,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]! cheep!" came from the wet grass.
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.
"Never mind, my little fellows," said Mr. Lincoln "I will put you in your own cozy little bed."
Then he looked up to find the nest from which they had fallen. It was high, much higher than he could reach.
They did not seem frightened, but chirped softly, as if they knew they were safe.
"Oh, well! They're nothing but birds,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said Mr. Hardin. "Why should we bother?"
Soon the three lawyers who had ridden ahead stopped at a spring to give their horses water.
laughed and were very jolly.
"Stith! stith! stith!" came from the leafy branches above them.
There had been a rain, and the ground was very soft. Water was dripping from the trees, and the grass was wet.
Abraham Lincoln afterwards became very famous as a lawyer and statesman. He was elected president. Next to Washington he was the greatest American.
"Do you remember those birds?" said Mr. Speed. "Very likely he has stopped to take care of them."
"The storm has blown two of the little ones out of the nest. They are too young to fly,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and the mother bird is making a great fuss about it."
"What is the matter here?" asked the first lawyer,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], whose name was Speed. "Oh, it's only some old robins!" said the second lawyer, whose name was Hardin.
"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."
In a few minutes Mr. Lincoln joined them. His shoes were covered with mud; he had torn his coat on the thorny tree.
"I stopped a minute to give those birds to their mother," he answered.
But the fourth lawyer, whose name was Abraham Lincoln,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], stopped. He got down from his horse and very gently took the little ones up in his big warm hands.
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
Then they rode on, talking and laughing as before. In a few minutes they had forgotten about the birds.

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