Show BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN Dy By THORNTON W V BURGESS PETER DISCOVERS LINNET 11 TT DID T r tal take e Peter Rabbit HabbIt long 1 to lo find the s sa et sInger whose hap p pv trIll had caught his attention lIe spIed hIm sitting on the Up tip top ot of a afir fr fir tree In Larmer Bros ro ron n s yard y Peter t dare go os 0 er there for al already ready It wis brOtH broad daylight But he didn't hale hl to for the sleet sInger flew of 0 er In the Old Orchard and alIghted just 0 o er Peter Peters s head IIer to 10 Peter I he crIed Hello Linnet crIed Peter I sas as wondering ho It could be ho aho was singing like that I ought to have ha Il i i 1 it 17 N N 1 19 H Hello ello Linnet I Cried Peter kno known n but you see It is so long sInce 1 Ive I've e heal heard d you ou sIng that r I coul couldn't nt remember sour our song r mm m so glad you came rame 0 over er here for I Im m lust Just dying Ing to talk talle to somebody LInnet the Purple Inch rinch for this Is iss ho s ho It w lS as laughed right out I see Sou ou re still the came ame old Peter said he I I suppose youre you're just as full of CUI curiosity lS as ever eer e er and just as fun full ot of questions Well Vell here I am so what shall e tv a talk talle about lou replied Peter promptly I 1 I e found out so many sur surprising things about my mv feathered friends that I want to know more Im I'm tn Ing to get et It straight In my head ho Is related to who ho and I lye ve found out some things which have be- be begun begun gun to mal make e me feel that I know very little about my feathered neighbors Its It's getting so that I don t e en dal date e guess who a persons person S relatIves are It If ou ou please Linnet s fiat family do you belong to I Innet flew down n a little nearer to Peter Look me over Peter saId he With t lIng e exec eec ec Look me over and see If you cant can't tell teU for J yourself Peter stared solemnly at LInnet He saw a bIrd ol of sparrow sIze whose entire body sas as n a rose red brIghtest on the head darkest on the back and palest on the breast Underneath he was whitish III Ills wings and tall taIt were brownish the outer parts of 01 the leathers feathers edged eded with rose red His nis nisbIll bIll was short and stout Before Peter could reply Mrs Linnet appeared here 1 here wasn't so much as a touch of that beautiful rose red about her Her gra Ish bro brown n back was as streaked with black Her white hUe breast and sides were ere spotted with streaks ot of brown Had she not been with Ith Linnet Peter certainly would have tal taken en her for tor a sparrow v She 1001 ed cd so much like one that he to say ny I I guess you J ou belong to the Sparrow family That's pretty close Peter that's pretty close e declared LInnet We belong to the Cinch mch branch of the lam fam ily which males makes the Sparrows s own cousins but they never can mistake me There Is nobody else my size wIth a rose red coat like mme mine Hello ReIlo Fete e comes Cousin i T W Buross Service |