The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



than some others I know, of whom nothing but 

 good is said. It just goes to show that there is 

 some good in the very worst folks. Blacky is a 

 sly old rascal. Usually he is as noisy as any one 

 I know, but he came and went without making 

 a sound. Now I think of it, I haven't once heard 

 his voice near here this spring. I guess if Farmer 

 Brown's boy could find this nest he would get even 

 with Blacky for pulling up his corn. I know a lot 

 of clever people, but no one quite so clever as 

 Blacky the Crow. With all his badness I can't 

 help liking him." 



Twice, while Peter watched, Blacky returned 

 with food for Mrs. Blacky. Then, tired of keep- 

 ing still so long, Peter decided to run over to a 

 certain place farther in the Green Forest which 

 was seldom visited by any one. It was a place 

 Peter usually kept away from. It was pure 

 curiosity which led him to go there now. The 

 discovery that Blacky the Crow was using his 

 old nest had reminded Peter that Redtail the 

 Hawk uses his old nest year after year, and he 

 wanted to find out if Redtail had come back to it 

 this year. 



Halfway over to that lonesome place in the 



Green Forest a trim little bird flew up from the 



ground, hopped from branch to branch of a tree, 



walked along a limb, then from pure happiness 



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