How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers

How is a parrot distinguished from a carrot? A clover plover? A bay of jay? Although there are various forms of differentiation, R. W. Wood's use of word games and rhymes is one of the most fun!


By : Robert Williams Wood (1868 - 1955)

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