“ Elsie's eyes sparkled. "Oh gran'f'er! My own dear little Robin! Do you really mean it?" she asked, clapping her weak little hands."Yes," said the old man firmly. "He shall have them.""Dear little Robin, do you hear what gran'fer says?" cried Elsie joyfully.Robin looked very knowing indeed, as if he understood all about it, and with a jerk of his perky little head, as much as to say, "Good-bye, I must be off to my family, or else they'll think I'm lost in the snow too." Off he flew.Who says birds have no sense? ”
Quotes from Sing a Song of Sixpence ()
“ Old Nanny saw her go, but took no notice, muttering to herself as she went on with her household duties. The fresh keen air made little Elsie feel quite gay and happy as she frisked about revelling in her new-found liberty."Oh, the snow! the lovely snow! I wonder who put it up in the sky? I wish I could go up to see who is making the dear little feathers. Is it the Man in the Moon, I wonder? I'd like to see him make the feathers. Perhaps if I go far enough I'll get to the end of the world, and then I'll get up into the clouds, it does not look very far," she said to herself. ”
“ Nanny hobbled to the window and looked out; there was nobody.Tap, tap, tap again at the window. The miser himself went this time and opened it.In flew a robin, hopping about with his head on one side, and his keen twinkling eyes fixed upon the miser."Bless me! It's a robin! What does it want? Crumbs? Can't afford to keep birds," said the old man gruffly.Robin flew to the window, and then turned as if to say, "Follow me."The old woman watched it curiously."Birds are queer creatures; you would almost say it knew where the child was," she said. ”
