| Show bedtime story f for or children by THORNTON W BURGESS PETER FINDS ANOTHER FRIEND D D you and your relatives corne come ji J down from the par far cortil alone asked peter of dotty the tree sparrow ino was dottes prompt reply J slaty the junco and his relatives pi came along with us so that we had a aitery sery merry party I 1 peter pricked up his ears Is slaty tere here now he asked eagerly very much here replied a voice right behind peters back it was so fie lin unexpected expected that it made peter jump lie he turned to find slaty himself calick chuckling as he picked up seeds he wits very tery nearly the same size as dotty but trimmer looking there was no mistaking slaty the junco for any other bird his head throat and breast were a clear slate color underneath lie he was white ills his sides were grayish ills his outer tall tail feathers feat liers were white ills his bill was flesh color it looked almost ati ali nest most white aiji are you here to stay all winter cried peter I 1 I 1 1 I certainly am was clatys prompt response it will take pretty had weather veather to drive me away from here lit t the snow pets gets too beep ill jut go UP to farmer crowns browns barnyard I 1 can j always pick up a meal there for farmer browns boy Is a very good friend of mine I 1 know lie he wont let me starve no do matter what the weather Is I 1 think it Is going to snow you know I 1 am sometimes called the snowbird peter nodded so I 1 have heard beard staid a id he fe by the way slaty what do you boake your sour nest of and where do you input put ItA lt asked peter my nest Is usually made of grass i ind and moss mosa and rootlets rootless root lets replied slaty t sometimes it Is lined with fine grass when I 1 am especially lucky I 1 line it with long hairs often I 1 put tty iny nest on the ground and never very tar far above it I 1 am like my friend dotty the tree sparrow la in this respect it always seems to mo me easier to hide a nest on the ground than anywhere else there Is nothing like having a nest well hidden it takes sharp eyes to find and my nest I 1 can tell you that peter rabbit just then dotty who had bad been picking seeds out of the top of a weed 9 gave ave a cry of alarm and instantly there was a flit of many wings as the little feathered folk sought the shelter of the bushes along the edge of the field peter sat up very straight and looked this INS way and looked that way crouching flat fiat among Z the weeds he saw black pussy the cat peter stamped angrily then with jumps lie he started for the dear old brier patch lippertz lippertz lip 0 T iv burgess service |
