The Burgess Bird Book for Children

a house that nothing but some very great danger could have kept him away from there. Truth to tell, Peter was afraid that not being able to have their old house, Jenny and Mr. Wren woul

t about to ask after her when he caught sight of her with a tiny stick in her bill. She snapped her sharp little eyes at him, but for once her tongue was still. You see, she couldn't talk and carry that stick at the s

sharply. Mr. Wren obediently stopped singing and began to hunt

It didn't take you long to

We can't afford to sit around wa

You see he was quite used to that sort of thing. "Aren't you afrai

t doorway's too small for him to get more than his head in. And if he tries putting his head in

lieve you wo

that that stick is too big." Jenny snatched it out of Mr. Wren's mouth and dropped it on the ground, while Mr. Wren meekly went to

him they were trying to fill the whole inside of the tree. Just watching them made Peter positively tired. Mr. Wren wou

the Song Sparrow got here

wo ago over by the Laughing Brook, and although he would

ve to make as long a journey as we do, so he gets here sooner. Did you ever in your life see such a

It makes me feel sort of all glad inside just to hear him sing. I guess it makes ev

, anyway. He likes to be on or near the ground. You will never find his nest much above the ground, not more than a foot or two. Quite often it is on the ground. Of

een and heard it is Jenny Wren, while Little Friend the Song Sparrow is shy and retiring, content

for bright colors any more than we Wrens do. They show good taste. I like the little brown caps they wear, and the way their breasts and sides are streaked with brown. Th

l Jack Frost makes them. I don't know of

tethroat?" asked Jenny Wren, as she rested for a moment in t

h. I only wish he would stay here all the time. But he seems to think there is no place like the Great

demand

," replied Peter. "I guess he must too,

others," said she, "but when I have seen him down in the South he always has appeare

em apart, but I can always tell Whitethroat because he is one of the largest of the tribe and has such a lovely white throat. He really is handsome with his black and

has been along too," said Jenny. "He

and HOW he can sing. The only thing I've got against him is the color of his coat. It always reminds me of Reddy Fox, and I don't lik

nded Jenny r

he uses both feet at once," cried Peter

do you suppose my eyes are make for? I thought y

oked dis