Jenny Wrens Cousins 



, "Of course it did," replied Jenny promptly. 

 "That's a family trait. The tails of both my 

 other big cousins do the same thing." 



" Wha-wha-what's that? Have you got more 

 big cousins?" cried Peter, staring up at Jenny 

 as if she were some strange person he never had 

 seen before. 



"Certainly," retorted Jenny. "Mocker the 

 Mockingbird and Kitty the Catbird belong to 

 Brownie's family, and that makes them second 

 cousins to me." 



Such a funny expression as there was on Peter's 

 face. He felt that Jenny Wren was telling the 

 truth, but it was surprising news to him and so hard 

 to believe that for a few minutes he couldn't find 

 his tongue to ask another question. Finally he 

 ventured to ask very timidly, "Does Brownie 

 imitate the songs of other birds the way Mocker 

 and Kitty do?" 



Jenny Wren shook her head very decidedly. 

 "No," said she. "He's perfectly satisfied with his 

 own song." Before she could add anything further 

 the clear whistle of Glory the Cardinal sounded 

 from a tree just a little way off. Instantly Peter 

 forgot all about Jenny Wren's relatives and scam- 

 pered over to that tree. You see Glory is so 

 beautiful that Peter never loses a chance to see him. 



As Beter sat staring up into tlje tree, trying to 

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