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40) [[strikethrough]] n / [[/strikethrough]] shaded by / trees. Se tanags came /n 2 bathe, I, & / wrenkins apptly profited by it f when I look / nest after /ey w /ro wi it I fd a scarlet feather ^[[inside]] [[strikethrough]] n [[/strikethrough]] / mossy ball. 

Bef / yq left / nest /eir parents grew very wary. [[insert]] /ey wd creep n [[strikethrough]] cautiously [[/strikethrough]] or come hoppg along under / snap dragons by log & brush heap.]] Sometimes we caught only a brown flee tg shadow as /ey passed & ag knew ty fr came only by / [[chirring]] [[strikethrough]] sound o [[/strikethrough]] o / yq ^ asking w being fed. /n w long waits when x [[?happs]] & w mi h b n a [[?]] law [[strikethrough]] / yg [[/strikethrough]] / young w getting so old + we knew /ey [[strikethrough]] must b ready 2 fly [[/strikethrough]] mi fly any day so one mg x (not) wantg 2  [[strikethrough]]  sit do [[/strikethrough]] waste time sittg down before a closed house I went 2 enq wi/in. As I raisd my hand twd / nest /re w ^[[such]] a rush f / door [[strikethrough]] + (that)

Transcription Notes:
tanags may be tanagers "/ey w /ro wi it" may be "they were through with it" enq wi/in may be "inquire within"