birdie's

Now I have no real beef with pigeons, I mean, hell -- a birdie's gotta eat.

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The Wren's life is sacred, excepting at one time of the year, for should anyone take this wee birdie's life away, upon him some mishap will fall.

Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen

Then her father got into a mighty rage and swore a great big oath, and said: "To-morrow, so sure as I live and eat, I'll twist that birdie's neck," and out he stamped from her room.

English Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885

It was pretty clear any way that birdie's residence in the nursery would be a source of quarrels, so Mother and Magdalen and

Hoodie Mrs. Molesworth 1880

Please dig some roots up, Lucy, and we'll plant them on birdie's grave.

Hoodie Mrs. Molesworth 1880

Primroses were the flowers on which her heart was set, for birdie's grave, as Maudie had guessed.

Hoodie Mrs. Molesworth 1880

"That's what I came for, to plant them on birdie's grave, you know, Lucy."

Hoodie Mrs. Molesworth 1880

One evening -- how it happened I cannot tell, -- it was very hot and sultry weather, with thunder about, and at such times people are careless about closing doors and windows -- one evening, by some mischance which no one ever could explain, the window of "birdie's room," as it had come to be called, was either left open, or flew open in some way.

Hoodie Mrs. Molesworth 1880

The wavering balance of birdie's intentions was turned -- it cocked its head on one side, and with a pretty chirp flew towards Magdalen and perched on her finger!

Hoodie Mrs. Molesworth 1880

She had seen them growing in the wood in the spring in great numbers and beauty, and no flower, she had settled in her mind, could look so pretty on birdie's grave.

Hoodie Mrs. Molesworth 1880