Show BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN by THORNTON W BURGESS THE STRANGER WITH THE BEAUTIFUL COAT athe PETER RABBIT never will forget the first time lime he saw glory the cardinal sometimes called redbird ue he had just hopped over the old orchard when a beautiful clear loud whistle drew his big eyes to the top of an apple tree with a little gasp of sheer astonishment ment and delight reter peter stopped short nort lie he quite believe that he be saw what he thought he saw ile he Z f 11 1 in fact she was almost as good a singer as her handsome husband supposed that anyone even among the feathered folk could be quite so beautiful the stranger was dressed all in red except a little black around the base of his bill even his bill was red ile he wore a beautiful red crest which made him still more distinguished looking and how he could dingi of course reter peter lost no time to in bunt hunting up jenny wren who Is it jen ny who Is that beautiful stranger with such a lovely song cried peter as soon as he caught sight of jenny glory the cardinal replied jen uy ily wren promptly he the loveliest thing youve ever seen it if I 1 were mrs afro cardinal im afraid I 1 should be jealous there she Is in the very same tree with him did you ever see such a difference terence dif instead of the beautiful red of glory mrs cardinal wore a very dull dress ner her back was a brownish gray and her throat a grayish black her breast was a dull butt buff with a faint tinge of red her wings and tall were tinged with dull red put but it if she handsomely dressed she could sing in fact she was almost as good a singer as her handsome husband ive noticed said peter that peo pie with fine clothes spend most of 0 their time thinking about them and are of 0 very little use when it comes to real work in life well you think that of glory declared jenny in her vigorous way hes just as fine as ile he la Is handsome lies a model husband it if they make their home around here you will find him doing his full share in the care of their babies sometimes they raise two families when they do that glory takes care of the first lot of youngsters as soon as they are able to leave the nest so that mrs cardinal has nothing to worry about while sitting on the second lot of eggs everybody loves glory me peter ini im going over to find out it if really going to stay when jenny returned she was so excited she keep still a minute they like it here peter 1 she cried it if they can find a place to suit them they are going to stay my they will add a lot to the quality of this neighborhood I 1 mr and mrs cardinal whistled and sang as it if their hearts were bursting with joy and peter sat around listening as it if he had nothing else to do 0 T W burgess anu service lc |