Peter Gets A Lame Neck 



gray bird with a yellow cap, yellow sides, and a 

 yellow patch at the root of his tail. Those yellow 

 patches were all Peter needed to see to recognize 

 Fidget the Myrtle Warbler, one of the two friends 

 he had been so long looking for down among the 

 moss-covered trees. 



. "Oh, Fidget!" cried Peter, hurrying after the 

 restless little bird. " Oh, Fidget ! I've been look- 

 ing everywhere for you." 



"Well, here I am," retorted Fidget "You 

 didn't look everywhere or you would have found 

 me before. What can I do for you?" All the 

 time Fidget was hopping and flitting about, never 

 still an instant. 



[" "You can tell me where your nest is," replied 

 Peter promptly. 



"I can, but I won't," retorted Fidget. "Now 

 honestly, Peter, do you think you have any busi- 

 ness to ask such a question?" 



Peter hung his head and then replied quite 

 honestly, "No I don't, Fidget. But you see 

 Sprite told me that you had a nest not very far 

 from his and I've looked at bunches of moss until 

 I've got a crick in the back of my neck." 



"Bunches of moss ! " exclaimed Fidget. " What 

 under the sun do you think I have to do with 

 bunches of moss?" 



"Why why I just thought you probably 

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