title: Breaking Out of the Bungle Bird: Based on Proverbs 13:10 (Insect-Inside Series, The)
author:  Aaron Reynolds 
description: Children can understand the importance of listening to others when they see how one proud insect learns her lesson in a most of unfortunate way.
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  # THE GOLD
  
  "Might save a few fer the rest of us," squawked the mockingbird as Old Nathan
  dropped another blackberry into his poplar-bark basket.
  
  Old Nathan looked up from what he was doing and snagged his hand in the
  thorns. "Go 'way, bird," the cunning man grumbled as he detached himself from
  the brambles. "Ye don't look ill-fedand if ye did starve, the world 'd be a
  better place without your screechin'."
  
  He eased a half step farther. The blackberry vines grew out from the margin of
  the woods into his oats. They'd need to be cut back before Old Nathan cradled
  the grainbut first he'd have berries.
  
  "Tsk!" said the bird. "Now thet's a lie if ever I heard one! Why"he half-
  spread his black-and-white barred wings to examine the interlocking edges of
  the flight feathers"ifen I wish to, there's no prettier tune in all the world
  'n mine."
  
  Old Nathan grunted and collected three more of the ripe b