A New Friend and An Old One 



"Are you going to build somewhere near here?" 

 he asked. 



" I certainly am," replied Kitty.- " Mrs. Catbird 

 was delayed a day or two. I hope she'll get here 

 to-day and then we'll get busy at once. I think we 

 shall build in these bushes here somewhere. I'm 

 glad Farmer Brown has sense enough to let them 

 grow. They are just the kind of a place I like for a 

 nest. They are near enough to Farmer Brown's 

 garden, and the Old Orchard is right here. That's 

 just the kind of a combination that suits me." 



Peter looked somewhat uncertain. "Why do 

 you want to be near Farmer Brown's garden?" he 

 asked. 



"Because that is where I will get a good part of 

 my living," Kitty responded promptly. "He 

 ought to be glad to have me about. Once in a 

 while I take a little fruit, but 'I pay for it ten tunes 

 over by the number of bugs and worms I get in his 

 garden and the Old Orchard. I pride myself on 

 being useful. There's nothing like being useful 

 in this world, Peter." 



Peter nodded as if he quite agreed. Though, as 

 you know and I know, Peter himself does very 

 little except fill his own big stomach. 



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