Three Cousins Quite Unlike 



I can get the best kind of a living there without 

 flitting about everlastingly. I don't have to share 

 them with anybody but the Woodpeckers, Nut- 

 hatches, and Tommy Tit the Chickadee." 



"That reminds me," said Peter. "Those folks 

 you have mentioned nest in holes in trees; do 

 you?" 



; "I should say not," retorted Creeper. "li. 



) don't know of any Warbler who does. I build on- 

 the ground, if you want to know. I nest in the 

 Green Forest. Sometimes I make my nest in a 

 little hollow at the base of a tree ; sometimes I put 

 it under a stump or rock or tuck it in under the 

 roots of a tree that has been blown over. But 

 there, Peter Rabbit, I've talked enough. I'm 

 glad you're glad that I'm back, and I'm glad I'm 

 back too." *M 



Creeper continued on up the trunk of the tree, 

 picking here and picking there. Just then Peter 

 caught sight of another friend whom he could 

 always tell by the black mask he wore. It was 

 Mummer the Yellow-throat. He had just darted 

 into the thicket of bushes along the old stone wall. 

 Peter promptly hurried over there to look for him. 

 When Peter reached the place where he had 

 caught a glimpse of Mummer, no one was to be 

 seen. Peter sat down, uncertain which way to 

 go. Suddenly Mummer popped out right in 

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