More of the Blackbird Family 



Mrs. Bob chuckled harder than ever. "Of 

 course it isn't over there," said she. 



"Then where is it?" demanded Peter. 



"That's telling," replied Mrs. Bob. "It isn't 

 over there, and it isn't anywhere near there. But 

 where it is is Bob's secret and mine, and we mean 

 to keep it. Now I must go get something to eat," 

 and with a hasty farewell Mrs. Bobolink flew over 

 to the other side of the dear Old Briar-patch. 



Peter remembered that he had seen Mrs. Bob 

 running along the ground before she flew up to 

 the old mullein stalk. He went back to the spot 

 where he had first seen her and hunted all around 

 in the grass, but without success. You see, Mrs. 

 Bobolink had been quite as clever in fooling Peter 

 as Bubbling Bob had been m_fooling Jimmy 

 Skunk. , 



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