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The cedar waxwings were also interested in the gray stump  but afraid of it? Oh no, not they! THE CEDAR WAX WINGS WERE ALSO INTERESTED IN THE GRAY STUMP BUT AFRAID OF IT OH NO NOT THEY
 Flicker waited with throbbing heart, till he saw two large, round, glassy eyes pointed full at him, then, with a quick note of warning for his little wife, he rose in the air with a whirr, and the golden wings shimmered away in the sunlight overhead. Mrs. Flicker peeped cautiously forth, and, with her unerring bird instinct, sought first of all the gray stump which, alas, was not quite a stump after all, and was indeed the cause of the danger. She saw the terrible instrument still pointed at her husband, and her heart fluttered wildly; but there was no report, and she watched him till she could only see the occasional flash of the gold-lined wings and the white spot on his back; and then behold, the stump was once more a stump, and Mrs. Flicker returned to her eggs. When Mr. Flicker came back, he flew past his house without once swerving, and disappeared in a pine tree on the edge of the orchard, and a conclave of cedar waxwings in the next tree discussed his tactics enthusiastically. E LESS CERTAIN AND MISTER FLICKER WAITED WITH THROBBING HEART TILL HE SAW TWO LARGE ROUND GLASSY EYES POINTED FULL AT HIM THEN WITH A QUICK NOTE OF WARNING FOR HIS LITTLE WIFE HE ROSE IN THE AIR WITH A WHIRR AND THE GOLDEN WING SHIMMERED AWAY IN THE SUNLIGHT OVERHEAD MISSUS FLICKER PEEPED CAUTIOUSLY FORTH AND WITH HER UNERRING BIRD INSTINCT SOUGHT FIRST OF ALL THE GRAY STUMP WHICH ALAS WAS NOT QUITE A STUMP AFTER ALL AND WAS INDEED THE CAUSE OF DANGER SHE SAW THE TERRIBLE INSTRUMENT STILL POINTED AT HER HUSBAND AND HER HEART FLUTTERED WILDLY BUT THERE WAS NO REPORT AND SHE WATCHED HIM TILL SHE COULD ONLY SEE THE OCCASIONAL FLASH OF THE GOLD LINED WINGS AND THE WHITE SPOT ON HIS BACK AND THEN BEHOLD THE STUMP WAS ONCE MORE A STUMP AND MISSUS FLICKER RETURNED TO HER EGGS WHEN MISTER FLICKER CAME BACK HE FLEW PAST HIS HOUSE WITHOUT ONCE SWERVING AND DISAPPEARED IN A PINE TREE ON THE EDGE OF THE ORCHARD IN A CONCLAVE OF CEDAR WAXWINGS IN THE NEXT TREE DISCUSSED HIS TACTICS ENTHUSIASTICALLY
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