"If I find out the people who
make music have gone and copied in what the birds sing, and haven't told
they did it, I'll tell on them. It's no fair way, 'cause of course the
birds sang their songs before men, didn't they father?"
"I think so, but I can't prove it," said Mr. Minturn.
"Can you prove it, Mr. Tower?" asked Malcolm.
"Yes," said Mr. Tower, "science proves that the water forms developed
first. Crickets were singing before the birds, and both before man
appeared."
"Then that's what I think," said Malcolm.
"When are they to begin, James?" asked Mrs. Winslow.
"Mr. Dovesky is to call Mr. Tower in the morning and tell him what
arrangements he has been able to make," answered Mr. Minturn. "Malcolm,
you are old enough to recognize that he is a great man, and it is a big
thing for him to leave his Conservatory and his work, and go to the woods
to help teach one small boy what the birds say. You'll be very polite and
obey him instantly, will you not?"
"Do I have to mind him just like he was Mr.
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