Peter Saves a Friend and Learns Something }. 



should never in the world have thought of con- 

 necting you with the Sparrows." 



"How about me?" asked another voice, and a 

 little brown bird flew up beside Indigo, twitching 

 her tail nervously. She looked very Sparrow-like 

 indeed, so much so, that if Peter had not seen her 

 with her handsome mate, for she was Mrs. Indigo, 

 he certainly would have taken her for a Sparrow. 

 Only on her wings and tail was there any of the 

 blue which made Indigo's coat so beautiful, and 

 this was only a faint tinge. 



"I'll have to confess that so far as you are 

 concerned it isn't hard to think of you as related 

 to the Sparrows," declared Peter. "Don't you 

 sometimes wish you were as handsomely dressed 

 as Indigo ?" 



Mrs. Indigo shook her head in a most decided 

 way. "Never!" she declared. "I have worries 

 enough raising a family as it is, but if I had a coat 

 like his I wouldn't have a moment of peace. You 

 have no idea how I worry about him sometimes. 

 You ought to be thankful, Peter Rabbit, that you 

 haven't a coat like his. It attracts altogether 

 too much attention." 



Peter tried to picture himself in a bright blue 



coat and laughed right out at the mere thought, and 



the others joined with him. Then Indigo flew up 



to the top of a tall tree not far away and began to 



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