The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



this one and that one and having a thoroughly 

 good time, which is more than could be said of 

 any one else, except Mrs. Bully. 



"I'll teach you folks to know that I am in the 

 Old Orchard to stay!" shrieked Bully. "If you 

 don't like it, why don't you fight? I am not 

 afraid of any of you or all of you together." This 

 was boasting, plain boasting, but it was effective. 

 He actually made the other birds believe it. Not 

 one of them dared stand up to him and fight. 

 They were content to call him a bully and all the 

 bad names they could think of, but that did 

 nothing to help Jenny and Mr. Wren recover 

 their house. Calling another bad names never 

 hurts him. Brave deeds and not brave words 

 are what count. 



How long that disgraceful squabble in the Old 

 Orchard would have lasted had it not been for 

 something which happened, no one knows. Right 

 in the midst of it some one discovered Black Pussy, 

 the cat who lives in Farmer Brown's house, steal- 

 ing Up through the Old Orchard, her tail twitch- 

 ing and her yellow eyes glaring eagerly. She had 

 heard that dreadful racket and suspected that in 

 the midst of such excitement she might have a 

 chance to catch one of the feathered folks. You 

 can always trust Black Pussy to be on hand at a 

 time like that. 



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