#24

allowed to go about their own affairs

It is dangerous
considerable care is exercised
They are safer and much less liable to suffer if in a cage
they may get stamped on , fall victim or even get drowned

Should it be necessary to escape
hold loosely to affectionate remarks

Many will sing the louder when confronted with a challenge
for songs serve in making their presence known
one must not be impatient
and it is unkind to try to tame

#23

Flying wild less than twelve months ago;

they hardly get out of the way of one’s feet.
No attempt to tame or spoil has been made
they have simply been left alone
and learned to recognize human beings
not as things to be feared.

#22

in fact turning from wild to civilized
somewhat similar to a wild horse
can be done by those who know how to do so
without unnecessary discomfort or injury

but people who are tame and quiet (on account of timidity)
will carry on their everyday affairs under our very noses
beautiful
glistening
At the same time rare
a few feet off just behind me

#21

those which have never known liberty
reared to forget their source of delight
no idea of their actual voice

become alive rare and beautiful travellers
thrive in the uncomfortable
imagine that which would please

never keep the cage that is necessary for their comfort
we must remember that we are it

#20

For hundreds of years
kept in cages as ornaments
reared and kept for this purpose
tamed and lost

their inborn suspicions never very timid
will become nevertheless the wildest I have known

#19

House Manners

it will be necessary to have the assurance that he has good manners.
It is never so easy to reform as it is to teach.

#18

You may think it possible that each one of us is perfectly true
be grateful to me for advising you to curb a habit that is all too common
tread gently
The well-educated will attempt learned manners