Burgess Bird Book Copywork

The Burgess Bird Book for ChildrenChapter 1

“Isn't\|he\a\dear\|to\|sing\|to\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|me\|like\|that?”\And\|isn't\|it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\|perfectly\|beautiful\|spring\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|song?”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“I'll\|teach\|you\|folks\|to\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|know\|that\I\am\|in\|the\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Old\O|rchard\|to\|stay!”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|shrieked\Bully.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“I\|suppose\Little\Friend\|the\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Song\Sparrow\got\|here\|some\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|time\ago,”\|said\|she.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


It\|was\Chippy,\as\|everybody\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\calls\|the\Chipping\Sparrow,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|the\|smallest\of\|the\|family.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“Welcome\Robin\|is\a\|fine\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|looker\and\a\|fine\|singer,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\and\|everybody\|loves\|him.”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

The Burgess Bird Book For ChildrenChapter 6

Above,\|his\coat\|was\of\a\dull\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\olive-|brown,\|while\|underneath\|he\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|was\of\a\grayish-|white,\|with\|faint\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|tinges\of\|yellow\|in\|places.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“D|id\|you\|say\|your\|fighting\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\cousin:”\|he\asked\|in\a\|hesitating\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|way.\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“By\|the\|way,\|where\does\Cresty\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|build?”\asked\Peter.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“And\|was\|there\a\|worm\|in\|every\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\one?”\asked\Peter,\|his\|eyes\|very\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|wide\|with\|interest.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“Yellow\Wing!”\|he\cried.\”My\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\goodness,\|how\|you\|startled\|me!”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“Hello,\Redhead!”\|exclaimed\Jenny\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\W|ren.”\How\did\|you\|know\|we\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|were\|talking\about\|your\|family?”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“Mrs.\Goldy\|makes\one\of\|the\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|most\|wonderful\|nest\I\|know\of,”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\continued\Welcome\Robin.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“Do\|they\|have\a\|hanging\|nest\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|like\Goldy's?”\asked\Peter\a\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|bit\|timidly.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


The\|top\of\|his\|head\|was\|mixed\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|black\and\|brown.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“And\|have\|you\|ever\|seen\|me\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|hopping\about\|in\|the\|branches\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\of\a\|tree?”\|persisted\Skimmer.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“O|h,|yes,\|he\|is.”\|replied\Skimmer\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|promptly.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“The\Robins\|have\|lost\|their\|eggs!”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|he\cried\|excitedly.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


Peter\decided\|that\|the\|best\|thing\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|he\could\do\|was\|to\|sit\|perfectly\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|still\|where\|he\|was.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“Is---Is---Mrs.\Creaker\dressed\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\as\|handsomely\as\|you\are?”\asked\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Peter\|rather\|timidly.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“Robber!\Thief!\I\|won't\drop\|this\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|fish!\It's\|mine!\It's\|mine!”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“I\|wonder\|what\|has\|brought\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|him\over\|to\|the\Smiling\Pool,”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|thought\Peter.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

The Burgess Bird book for ChildrenChapter 22

“You\|seem\|to\|be\|very\|fond\of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\grasshoppers,”\Peter\|ventured.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“Whiskers!”\cried\Peter.\”Who\|ever\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|heard\of\a\|bird\|having\|whiskers?”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


But\Zee-Zee\|is\a\good\|father,\I'll\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|say\|that\|much\|for\|him.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


It\|was\Chut-Chut\|the\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|yellow-|breasted\Chat,\|the\|largest\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\of\|the\|warbler\|family.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“You've\got\a\|nest\|in\|there!”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Peter\|exclaimed\|excitedly.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


At\|the\|mention\of\Mocker\a\|little\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\cloud\crossed\Kitty's\|face\|for\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|just\an\|instant.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


Somehow\at\|that\gentle\|touch\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Redcoat\|lost\|much\of\|his\|fear,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\and\a\|little\|hope\|sprang\|in\|his \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|heart.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

The Burgess Bird book For childrenChapter 29

“Somehow\I\don't\|remember\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|just\|what\Warble\|looks\|like.”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Peter\confessed.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


As\Peter\|sat\|staring\|up\|into\|the\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|tree,\|trying\|to\get\a\glimpse\of\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Glory's\|beautiful\|red\coat,\|the\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\clear,\|sweet\|whistle\|sounded\once\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|more.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“I\|just\|love\|to\|hear\|you\|sing,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Melody.”\cried\Peter\|rather\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|breathlessly.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


Chewink\chuckled.\”I\|belong\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|to\a\|big\|family.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


Linnet\|the\Purple\Finch,\|for\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|this\|is\|who\|it\|was,\|laughed\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|right\out.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“O|f\course\I\|know\|him,”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|retorted\Peter.\”I\|had\|forgotten\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|the\|sound\of\|his\|voice,\|that's\all.”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“He\|is\|such\a\|tiny\|fellow\I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\don't\|see\|how\|he\can\|stand\a\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|very\|long\|journey.”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


They\\were\|slim\and\|trim\and\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\quite\dandified,\and\|in\a\quiet\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|way\|were\|really\|beautiful.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


A\|few\old\|friends\|there\|were\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|would\|stay\|the\|year\|through.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Sammy\Jay\|was\one.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


Johnny\Chuck\|had\gone\|to\|sleep\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|for\|the\|winter\'|way\down\|in\|his\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|little\|bedroom\|underground.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“Yes,\Mr.\Curiosity.\I\|had\a\|very\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|pleasant\|summer,”\|replied\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Yank-Yank\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“Speaking\of\|nests,\do\|you\|build\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|in\a\|tree?”\|inquired\Peter.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“I's\|love\|to\|hear\|him,”\|replied\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Peter.\”W|hy\don't\|you\|sing\|here,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Wanderer?”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


Spooky\|nodded\|solemnly.\”I've\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|lived\|in\|that\|hollow\|summer\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\and\|winter\|for\|three\|years,”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|said\|he.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


“I\don't\|see,”\|said\|he,\”|how\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|it\|is\|possible\|for\|you\|to\|pick\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|up\|food\|with\a\|bill\|like\|that.”\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


It\|was\quite\|like\a\drill,\or\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\as\|if\|each\|had\|thought\of\|the\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|same\|thing\at\|the\|same\|instant.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\


But\|there\are\others\|whom\Peter\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|fears\|even\|more,\and\|these\|wear\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|feathers\|instead\of\|fur\coats.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

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Burgess Bird Book Copywork