Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories

One day in spring four men were riding on horseback along a country road. These men were lawyers, and they were going to the next town to attend court.There had been a rain, and the ground was very soft. Water was dripping from the trees, and the grass was wet.The four lawyers rode along, one behind another; for the pathway was narrow, and the mud on each side of it was deep. They rode slowly, and talked and laughed and were very jolly.As they were passing through a grove of small trees, they heard a great fluttering over their heads and a feeble chirping in the grass by the roadside."Stith stith stith " came from the leafy branches above them."Cheep cheep cheep " came from the wet grass.