The Nest by Sergey Aksakov. Short summary

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The story of how the boys found nests in the woods, looking at the eggs. Sometimes they took the nest home in the absence of the mother bird.

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The author recalls their childhood as boys looking for nests in the woods. Then they would watch when the bird flew away, examine the eggs, and sometimes even take the nest home with them.

If they failed to do so, they would come back later, when the naked chicks hatched from the eggs. The mother would feed them worms and they would squeak.