More Friends Come With the Snow 



stronger and show up better. You see, Wanderer 

 is one of my neighbors in the Far North, and I 

 know all about him." 



"And that means that you don't know any- 

 thing bad about me, doesn't it?" chuckled Wan- 

 derer. 



Snowflake nodded. "Not a thing," he replied. 

 " I wouldn't ask for a better neighbor. You should 

 hear him sing, Peter. He sings up in the air, and it 

 really is a very pretty song. " 



"I'd just love to hear him," replied Peter. 

 "Why don't you sing here, Wanderer?" 



"This isn't the singing season," replied Wan- 

 derer promptly. "Besides, there isn't time to sing 

 when one has to keep busy every minute in order 

 to get enough to eat. " 



"I don't see," said Peter, "why, when you get 

 here, you don't stay in one place. " 



"Because it is easier to get a good living by 

 moving about," replied Wanderer promptly. "Be- 

 sides, I like to visit new places. I shouldn't enjoy 

 being tied down in just one place like some birds 

 I know. Would you, Snowflake ? " 



Snowflake promptly replied that he wouldn't. 

 Just then Peter discovered something that he 

 hadn't known before. "My goodness," he ex- 

 claimed, "what a long claw you have on each hind 

 toe!" 



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