they began one nest and had it nearly done, when mr. goldfinch said it was not in a good place, and tore it all to pieces. mrs. goldfinch felt very badly about this and talked it over with some of her goldfinch neighbors. they told her not to mind it at all, that their husbands often did the same thing, and that sometimes they came to like the new place much better than the old. at any rate, there was no use in getting cross about it, because that was something she would have to expect.