The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



It was true. Each hind claw was about twice as 

 long as any other claw. Peter couldn't see any 

 special use for it and he was just about to ask 

 more about it when Wanderer suddenly spied a 

 flock of his relatives some distance away and flew 

 to join them. Probably this saved him some 

 embarrassment, for it is doubtful if he himself 

 knew why Old Mother Nature had given him such 

 long hind claws. 



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