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Dot spent the rest of the morning watching the birds , and how she did laugh at those who picked at the fat hanging on the strings . They flew at it so fiercely it seemed as though they thought it was alive and they must kill it . `` What 's that out in the yard ? '' asked Bobby the first thing when he came home from school at noon . `` That 's our bird table , '' Twaddles informed him . `` Aunt Polly thought of it and Dot and I fixed it . Sam nailed it up for us .