The Burgess Bird Book for Children 



in feathers and fur. I certainly shall keep away 

 from that part of the Green Forest, and I advise 

 you to." 



, Peter said that he certainly should, and then 

 started on for the dear Old Briar-patch to think 

 things over. The discovery that already the 

 nesting season of a new year had begun turned 

 Peter's thoughts towards the coming of sweet 

 Mistress Spring and the return of his many 

 feathered friends who had left for the far-away 

 South so long before. A great longing to hear 

 the voices of Welcome Robin and Winsome Blue- 

 bird and Little Friend the Song Sparrow swept 

 over him, and a still greater longing for a bit of 

 friendly gossip with Jenny Wren. In the past year 

 he had learned much about his feathered neighbors, 

 but there were still many things he wanted to know, 

 things which only Jenny Wren could tell him. He 

 was only just beginning to find out that no one 

 knows all there is to know, especially about the 

 birds. And no one ever will. 



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