The Rook

The Rook

The Rook is a busy, chattering, cheerful soul, who

loves plenty of noise and bustle, and is never content

with his own company. In order to have his friends

and relations around him, he builds his nest in a kind

of bird-village, or rookery as it is called, high up in

a clump of tall trees. The rookery is governed by

strict laws, and one of the strictest is that strangers

are not admitted on any account. If any rash

new-comer ventures to begin nest-building, the old

inhabitants set upon him with beak and claw, drive

him out of the rookery, and tear his house to pieces.