The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



song may sound something like Welcome Robin's, 

 but if your ears were good for anything at all you'd 

 know right away that that isn't Welcome Robin 

 singing. That's a better song than Welcome 

 Robin's. Welcome Robin's song is one of good 

 cheer, but this one is of pure happiness. I wouldn't 

 have a pair of ears like yours for anything in the 

 world, Peter Rabbit." 



Peter laughed right out as he tried to picture to 

 himself Jenny Wren with a pair of long ears like his. 

 "What are you laughing at?" demanded Jenny 

 crossly. "Don't you dare laugh at me ! If there is 

 any one thing I can't stand it is being laughed 

 at." 



"I wasn't laughing at you," replied Peter very 

 meekly. "I was just laughing at the thought of 

 how funny you would look with a pair of long ears 

 like mine. Now you speak of it, Jenny, that song 

 is quite different from Welcome Robin's." 



"Of course it is," retorted Jenny. "That is 

 Rosebreast singing up there, and there he is right 

 in the top of that tree. Isn't he handsome?" 



Peter looked up to see a bird a little smaller than 

 Welcome Robin. His head, throat and back were 

 black. His wings were black with patches of white 

 on them. But it was his breast that made Peter 

 catch his breath with a little gasp of admiration, 

 for that breast was a beautiful rose-red. The rest 

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