CHAPTER VIII 



OLD CLOTHES AND OLD HOUSES 



"I CAN'T stop to talk to you any longer now, 

 Peter Rabbit," said Jenny Wren, "but if you will 

 come over here bright and early to-morrow morn- 

 ing, while I am out to get my breakfast, I will tell 

 you about Cresty the Flycatcher and why he 

 wants the cast-off clothes of some of the Snake 

 family. Perhaps I should say what he wants of 

 them instead of why he wants them, for why any 

 one should want anything to do with Snakes is 

 more then I can understand." 



With this Jenny Wren disappeared inside her 

 house, and there was nothing for Peter to do but 

 once more start for the dear Old Briar-patch. 

 On his way he couldn't resist the temptation to 

 run over to the Green Forest, which was just 

 beyond the Old Orchard. He just had to find out 

 if there was anything new over there. Hardly 

 had he reached it when he heard a plaintive voice 

 crying, "Pee-wee! Pee-e ! Pee-wee!" Peter 

 chuckled happily. "I declare, there's Pewee," 

 he cried. "He usually is one of the last of the 

 Flycatcher family to arrive. I didn't expect to 

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