The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



This was no enemy, but a friend. Farmer Brown's 

 boy took out his knife and carefully cut off the twig 

 on the upper side of the wing. Then, doing his 

 best to be careful and to hurt as little as possible, 

 he worked the other part of the twig out from the 

 under side. Carefully he examined the wing to 

 see if any bones were broken. None were, and 

 after holding Redcoat a few minutes he carefully 

 set him up in a tree and withdrew a short distance. 

 Redcoat hopped from branch to branch until he 

 was halfway up the tree. Then he sat there for 

 some time as if fearful of trying that injured wing. 

 Meanwhile Mrs. Tanager came and fussed about 

 him and talked to him and coaxed him and made as 

 much of him as if he were a baby. 



Peter remained right where he was until at last 

 he saw Redcoat spread his black wings and fly to 

 another tree. From tree to tree he flew, resting 

 a bit in each until he and Mrs. Tanager disappeared 

 in the Green Forest. 



"I knew Farmer Brown's boy would help him, 

 and I'm so glad he found him," cried Peter happily 

 and started for the dear Old Briar-patch. 



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