| Show Bedtime Story for Children By Dr THORNTON V. W. BURGESS DURGESS PETER FINDS ANOTHER FRIEND is D P ID ID you fOU and your relatives comedown comedown come como down from the Far North alone lone 7 asked Peter Ieter of Dotty the Tree Sparrow No was Dotty's prompt reply Slaty the Junco and ond his relatives came along with us so that we had a avery very Tery merry party Peter pricked up his ears Is Slaty here bere now ho asked eagerly Very much here hero replied a voice olce right behind bt Peters Peter's elt back It was so unexpected that It made Peter Ieter Jump l I lie He turned to find Slaty himself chuckling chuck l l ling Ung as he picked up seeds Ho Ito was wa'S very nt nearly arly the same size as Dotty but trimmer looking There was no mis mis- 1 I I le 46 U. U 1 Are Are Ara You Her Here to Stay Star All Cried Peter taking Slaty the Junco for tor any other bird Ills head throat and ond breast were a clear slate color Underneath he was white Ills His sides were gra grayish Ills outer tall feathers were white Ills bill was flesh color It looked almost almost al most white bIte Are you here to stay all winter cried Peter Ieter I 1 certainly am was Wal Slaty's prompt response It will wUl take pretty bad weather to drive me away from here hereIt It II the snow gets too tai deep Ill I'll just Ju t gr grup g fi i up to Farmer r Drowns Browns born barnyard ard I can caD always pick up a meal there for tor Farm arm Farmer er tr Brownl Boy Hoy Is a very good friend of mine I know he wont won't let me starve stane DO no matter what the w weather eather Is I thing It t Is going to snow Inow You know I 1 am em sometimes called the Snowbird Peter eter nodded So I have heard heard said aid heIly heny he Hy ny the way Slaty what do df you make your nest of ot and ond where do you put It IU asked Peter Ieter My ly nest Is usually made of ot grass and moss and ond rootlets replied Slaty Sometimes It Is lined with fine One grass When I am especially lucky I Iline Iline line Ine It with long hairs Often Orten I put my DIY nest on the ground and never very wry tar ar above It I am like Uke my friend Doty Dot Dot- ty y the Tree Sparrow In this respect It t always seems to me easier to hide a anest nest neilt on the ground than anywhere else There Is nothing like having a nest well veil hidden It takes sharp eyes tf to find Ond my nest my-nest nest I can tell you that Peter leter Rabbit Just then Dotty who had hod been pickIng pick pick- Inc Ing ng seeds out of the top of a weed i gave ga a cry of ot alarm and Instantly there was a flit of many wings as the little withered feathered folk sought the shelter of ot the bushes along the edge dge t of the field Peter eter sat up very straight and ond looked this his way and ond looked that way CrouchIng Crouching Crouch- Crouch Ing ng flat among the weeds he saw Black laek Pussy ussy the Cat Peter Ieter stamped stomped angrily then hen with jumps he started for the dt dear or Old Drier Brier Patch atch lip Ip C. C T. T W. W |
