Show NEP WINTER TRIP tin im going on a little winter crip rip today said B title brownie to peter gnome ile ho lind had just met peter gnome right I 1 on the outskirts of Brownl Brownt cland eland W what tire you about to do peter billie asked 1 1 I I dont mean to be rude nide but im fro always interested in ili your adventures 1 I have a mooting meeting today of tile the every day Is nice day club said peter sorry aou como to hugged each V other tile meeting e but of course you lont dont need to comet you think every lay day Is nice anyway sorry too I 1 cant come collie said billie brownle brownie you see I 1 am taking so ninny many trips these days getting to know so many of the children of dear old mother nature today she suggested that I 1 should take a winter trip and meet some of the winter whiter birds I 1 believe you como too 1 I dont believe I 1 possibly could said peter gnome but when you come back from your trip wont you come arid and give us a talk about winter birds gladly gladly said billie brownie and then they shook hands hugged each other and went in different directions one each shouting after the other aben then ill see you soon aga again iril 1 hello billie brownie I 1 I 1 said a voice aril looking about billie brownie saw his friend judge just praise judge just praise Is a great believer in praising ond and encouraging ile he think there Is enough praising of creatures ile he says it makes people do much better in their work and in their studies and in their conduct in everything to be praised and encouraged once in a while hello judge I 1 1 said billie brownie 1 I just saw n lovely collie dog being given a collar with a silver plate attached upon which was the collies name and some soine nice words about the dog said tile the judge that collie judge just praise continued thi tied saved a great many people in a bad fire and then I 1 also saw a big st bernard dog so splendid I 1 1 save a a cat from burning the dog had awakened the different members of tile the family after discovering smoke which soon became fl llames aines then ito he had noticed that the cat was missing back into the burning lie luid hild gone to come collie forth a little later carrying his cat friend in his mouth the cat was frightened but not hurt and that dog Is going to bo be rewarded for saving the lives of nil all tile the family tho the cat tool I 1 heard some one say that lie he wo would uld be given a medal it lie he had not awakened the family when lie he did the flames would have kept them from being able to escape out of tile the house but now I 1 must be on my way hope to see you soon billie then billie brownie met groups of tile the winter birds were the american crossbills Cross bills tile tho american crossbills Cross bills chirped we sing and wo twitter and we ny fly on off and then fly back again without any special reason just for fun we dont believe in doing everything for a special reason but wo we are fond of pine conos cones and our crossed bills or overlapping bills make it easy for us to pull the pine cones apart so we can reach file seeds were somewhat alike said the white winged crossbills Cross bills only you dont see so ninny many of us some winters we dont appear at all 1 I wear a lovely rose colored cos LOS it tume said ow sir mr alt 1 billie brownie met white winged the chickadees crossbill and the mrs airs white winged crossbills Cross bills wear yellow it Is something tile the same with tile the american crossbills Cross bills though thac mr american crossbills Cross Cros bills wear more of it a brownish brownlaw rod red costume and ray my favorito favorite cailor Is rose then billie brownie met the chicka dees the song sparrows and the cedar s ant and they all told him they F I 1 ted led to be about in tile the winter but they did love to have some delicacies dell caces left about for them |