02041cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000400011324500220015326400510017530000470022633600260027333700260029933800360032550000310036152010840039253400640147665300210154065300300156165300290159165300330162085600430165399900190169677391UtSlPG20260610134807.0mcr n260607r20251883utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aLivingston, C. M., Mrs.,d1832-192414aThe story of Puff 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-12-03  aThe story of Puff by Mrs. C. M. Livingston is a children’s animal tale written in the late 19th century. Told as a first-person memoir of a pet canary, it follows a small bird’s adventures and lessons about freedom, danger, and the comfort of home.

Puff is taken from his nest by kind sisters Rita and Dody, learns to sing, and enjoys their sunny country home until a boastful visitor canary, Fred, tempts him to dream of life beyond the cage. Fred escapes; later Puff runs away, is briefly pampered in a grand house by gentle Rose but tormented by her mischievous brother and saddened by Rose’s death, then finds solace with her grandmother. Another flight leads to a night of predators, a season among wild birds, hunger, capture by a harsh, impoverished family, and rough handling. At last a compassionate passerby buys him—proving to be Dody’s father—and Puff is joyfully restored to his first home, concluding with the moral to shun bad advice, remember how quickly a rash choice brings long sorrow, and be content. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cBoston: D. Lothrop and Company, 1883  aDomestic fiction  aBirds -- Juvenile fiction  aPets -- Juvenile fiction  aCanaries -- Juvenile fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77391  c118111d118111