The Old Orchard Bully 



"You're a sneak! You're a robber! That's 

 my house, and the sooner you get out of it the 

 better!" shrieked Jenny Wren, jerking her tail 

 with every word as she hopped about just out of 

 reach of Bully. 



"It may have been your house once, but it is 

 mine now, you little snip-of -nothing !" cried Bully, 

 rushing at her like a little fury. "Just try to 

 put us out if you dare ! You didn't make this 

 house in the first place, and you deserted it when 

 you went south last fall. It's mine now, and 

 there isn't anybody in the Old Orchard who can 

 put me out." 



Peter Rabbit nodded. "He's right there," 

 muttered Peter. "I don't like him and never 

 will, but it is true that he has a perfect right to 

 that house. People who go off and leave things 

 for half a year shouldn't expect to find them 

 just as they left them. My, my, my, what a 

 dreadful noise ! Why don't they all get together 

 and drive Bully and Mrs. Bully out of the Old 

 Orchard ? If they don't, I'm afraid he will drive 

 them out. No one likes to live with such quarrel- 

 some neighbors. They don't belong over in this 

 country, anyway, and we would be a lot better 

 off if they were not here. But I must say I do 

 have to admire their spunk." 



All the time Bully was darting savagely at 

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