Chapter 15
Section 15 of Birds of Nature, Volume 10, Number 5, December 1901. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Abby. The birth of the hummingbird. It was born in a valley of violets, where bird and flower for its favor vied. Its father, a poppy, gone stark mad.
Its mother, a reckless honeybee, true child of such startling pedigree. Its cradle, a sunbeam, glorified. It was bathed in a dewdrop, morn by morn. And when the time for the christening came, the font was filled with the jeweled flame. Glitter of gems dissolved in mist, white of diamond its changing light.
Ruby, emerald, amethyst, and its christening robe was encrusted quite. End of section 15
