" CHAPTER XXX 

 JENNY WREN'S COUSINS 



PETER RABBIT never will forget his surprise 

 when Jenny Wren asked him one spring morning if 

 he had seen anything of her big cousin. Peter 

 hesitated. As a matter of fact, he couldn't think 

 of any big cousin of Jenny Wren. All the cousins 

 he knew anything about were very nearly Jenny's 

 own size. 



Now Jenny Wren is one of the most impatient 

 small persons in the world. "Well, well, well, 

 Peter, have you lost your tongue ?" she chattered. 

 " Can't you answer a simple question without tak- 

 ing all day about it ? Have you seen anything of 

 my big cousin ? It is high time for him to be here." 



" You needn't be so cross about it if I am slow," 

 replied Peter. "I'm just trying to think who your 

 big cousin is. I guess, to be quite honest, I don't 

 know him." 



"Don't know him ! Don't know him !" sputtered 

 Jenny. "Of course you know him. You can't 

 help but know him. I mean Brownie the Thrasher." 



In his surprise Peter fairly jumped right off the 

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