Chippy, Sweetvoice, and Dotty 



row and a Tree Sparrow called Chippy, I should 

 think folks would get all tangled up." 



"Perhaps they would," replied Peter, "if both 

 were here at the same time, but Chippy comes 

 just as Dotty goes, and Dotty comes as Chippy 

 goes. That's a pretty good arrangement, espe- 

 cially as they look very much alike, excepting that 

 Dotty is quite a little bigger than Chippy and 

 always has that black dot, which Chippy does not 

 have. Goodness gracious, it is time I was back 

 in the dear Old Briar-patch ! Good-by, Johnny 

 Chuck." 



Away went Peter Rabbit, lipperty-lipperty-lip, 

 heading for the dear Old Briar-patch. Out of 

 the grass just ahead of him flew a rather pale, 

 streaked little brown bird, and as he spread his 

 tail Peter saw two white feathers on the outer 

 edges. Those two white feathers were all Peter 

 needed to recognize another little friend of whom 

 he is very fond. It was Sweet voice the Vesper 

 Sparrow, the only one of the Sparrow family with 

 white feathers in his tail. 



"Come over to the dear Old Briar-patch and 

 sing to me," cried Peter. 



Sweetvoice dropped down into the grass again, 



and when Peter came up, was very busy getting 



a mouthful of dry grass. "Can't," mumbled 



Sweetvoice. "Can't do it now, Peter Rabbit. 



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