The Adventures of Tommy Titmouse 
place, and that he himself was a very 
fine bird. And so he was. And why 
shouldn't he have a jolly fine time? 
He had a very bright yellow waist- 
coat, a greeny-blue back, blue wings, 
and a blue tail, and the top of his head 
was also bright blue. He had a black 
stripe between the eyes, and his cheeks 
were white, a lovely silky white, and he 
had a little black bib under his chin. So 
that he was quite right in being pleased 
with himself. Even his feet and toes 
were blue—not so bright as his feathers, 
but a dull blue lead-colour. And he 
didn’t care a bit whether he stood up- 
right on his feet, or hung by his toes 
head-downwards swinging at the end of 
a branch. It wasall the same to Tommy. 
His sharp eyes, as he hopped about the 
trees and bushes and hedges, spied out 
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