"He thought that I was after him for a feather--- The white one in his tail: like one who takes everything said as personal to himself."

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A little girl loves her bird--Why? Because it lives and feels; because it is helpless and harmless? A toad, likewise, lives and feels, and is equally helpless and harmless; but though she would not hurt a toad, she cannot love it like the bird, with its graceful form, soft feathers, and bright, speaking eyes.

— Anne Bronte