CHAPTER III 



JENNY HAS A GOOD WORD FOR SOME SPARROWS 



THE morning after the fight between Jenny 

 and Mr. Wren and Bully the English Sparrow 

 found Peter Rabbit in the Old Orchard again. 

 He was so curious to know what Jenny Wren 

 would do for a house that nothing but some very 

 great danger could have kept him away from 

 there. Truth to tell, Peter was afraid that not 

 being able to have their old house, Jenny and Mr. 

 Wren would decide to leave the Old Orchard 

 altogether. So it was with a great deal of relief 

 that as he hopped over a low place in the old stone 

 wall he heard Mr. Wren singing with all his might. 



The song was coming from quite the other side 

 of the Old Orchard from where Bully and Mrs. 

 Bully had set up housekeeping. Peter hurried 

 over. He found Mr. Wren right away, but at 

 first saw nothing of Jenny. He was just about 

 to ask after her when he caught sight of her with 

 a tiny stick in her bill. She snapped her sharp 

 little eyes at him, but for once her tongue 

 was still. You see, she couldn't talk and carry 

 that stick at the same time. Peter watched her 

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