A New Friend and An Old One 



Jenny in her vigorous way. "He's just as fine as 

 he is handsome. He's a model husband. If they 

 make their home around here you'll find him doing 

 his full share in the care of their babies. Sometimes 

 they raise two families. When they do that, 

 Glory takes charge of the first lot of youngsters as 

 soon as they are able to leave the nest so that Mrs. 

 Cardinal has nothing to worry about while she 

 is sitting on the second lot of eggs. He fusses over 

 them as if they were the only children in the world. 

 Everybody loves Glory. Excuse me, Peter, I'm 

 going over to find out if they are really going to 

 stay." 



When Jenny returned she was so excited she 

 couldn't keep still a minute. "They like here, 

 Peter !" she cried. "They like here so much that 

 if they can find a place to suit them for a nest 

 they're going to stay. I told them that it is the 

 very best place in the world. They like an evergreen 

 tree to build in, and I think they've got their eyes 

 on those evergreens up near Farmer Brown's house. 

 My, they will add a lot to the quality of this neigh- 

 borhood." 



Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal whistled and sang as if 

 their hearts were bursting with joy, and Peter sat 

 around listening as if he had nothing else in the 

 world to do. Probably he would have sat there the 

 rest of the morning had he not caught sight of an 

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