My Mother: A Poem

Outlines for Scout Workers

By Mariza Clay and D. W. Parratt

XVII—The California Gull A Visit from the Sea Far from the loud sea beaches, where he goes fishing and crying, Here in the inland garden, why is the sea gull flying? Here are no fish to dive for: here is the corn and lea; Here are the green trees rustling. Hie away home to sea!

Fresh is the river water and quiet among the rushes; This is no home for the sea gull, but for the rooks and thrushes.

Pity the bird that has wandered! Pity the sailor ashore! Hurry him home to the ocean, let him come here no more! High on the sea cliff ledges the white gulls are trooping and crying; Here among rocks and roses, why is the sea gull flying? — Robert Louis Stevenson.

1. How many kinds of gulls are found in our Great Basin? Which is

the most common? 2. What color markings has this gull? 3. Contrast the male and female California gulls in size and color. 4. Where and of what do these birds build their nests? 5. Upon what does the California gull subsist? 6. Where does it winter? 7. Why should the people of Utah hold the gull in esteem? 8. What, of late, has been done to show the reverence in which the gull is held in our community? 9. Should the gull be protected by law? Why?

Handy Material "I have slain the Mishe-Nahma, Slain the King of Fishes!" said he;