Some Big Mouths 



"They don't build any." Jenny Wren was a 

 picture of scorn as she said this. "They don't 

 built any nests at all. It can't be because they 

 are lazy for I don't know of any birds that hunt 

 harder for their living than do Boomer and Mrs. 

 Boomer." 



"But if there isn't any nest where does Mrs. 

 Boomer lay her eggs?" cried Peter. "I think 

 you must be mistaken, Jenny Wren. They must 

 have some kind of a nest. Of course they must." 

 i " Didn't I say they don't have a nest ? " sputtered 

 Jenny. "Mrs. Nighthawk doesn't lay but two 

 eggs, anyway. Perhaps she thinks it isn't worth 

 while building a nest for just two eggs. Anyway, 

 she lays them on the ground or on a flat rock and 

 lets it go at that. She isn't quite as bad as Sally 

 Sly the Cowbird, for she does sit on those eggs 

 and she is a good mother. But just think of those 

 Nighthawk children never having any home ! 

 It doesn't seem to me right and it never will. 

 Did you ever see Boomer in a tree ? " 



Peter shook his head. "I've seen him on the 

 ground," said he, "but I never have seen him in 

 a tree. Why did you ask, Jenny Wren?" 



"To find out how well you have used your eyes," 



snapped Jenny. "I just wanted to see if you 



had noticed anything peculiar about the way he 



sits in a tree. But as long as you haven't seen 



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