The Adventures of Tommy Titmouse 
all sorts of good things to eat. Little 
ereen caterpillars, you know, and tiny 
earwigey things, and spiders, and eggs 
of insects, and little grubs, very fat and 
juicy. And they could hide themselves 
in all sorts of curious out-of-the-way 
places, under the bark of trees, and 
rolled up in leaves, and inside blossoms 
and fruit; but he could generally tell 
there was something there good to eat, 
and his sharp-pointed beak would give a 
peck or two, and there was his breakfast 
or dinner ali ready to eat without having 
to be cooked. 
And so he hopped about, and when he 
was tired of one place all he had to do 
was to open his wings and fly off in any 
direction he liked, which is a very nice 
way of seeing the world—much better 
than having to walk. And though the 
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