The Adventures of Tommy Titmouse 
continually squabbling as to who should 
be at the top and sit on the rest of his 
brothers and sisters, instead of being 
bottom tit and having them sitting 
on the top of him. Tommy was the 
cheekiest and the most impudent of all 
the tits. I think it was the fault of the 
pump. Because really the space inside 
was very cramped indeed for ten, with- 
out the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Blue-tit, 
and you can have no idea how un- 
comfortable it is to be underneath. 
Now, suppose you had nine brothers 
and sisters, and that you all lived in 
a barrel, and that you were at the 
bottom and all the rest sitting on you. 
You wouldn’t like it, you know, a little 
bit. Tommy didn’t. And besides, the 
bottom one doesn’t get his share of the 
food when it comes, so he doesn’t grow 
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