Part 2 (1/2)
So Mrs Robin went to Black-bug Swas, and on the way back she stopped near Mrs Partridge's nest to get one or two brown bugs for dessert
”Good afternoon, Mrs Robin!” said Mrs Partridge, and Mrs Robin jue
”Your husband and I have just had a nice long visit!” continued Mrs
Partridge, and Mrs Robin kept ju to her But Mrs Partridge's feathers were so nearly the color of the leaves, that Mrs Robin ht not have seen her at all, had she not e! I could hear you talking towith you! He surely does like to visit!”
”So does Major Partridge! He will talk all day if he can coax so with Bob White What those two can find to talk so much about is a mystery toabout the big things they have done or are going to do
”That little puff ball of a Bob White was saying the other day that he was almost ready to whip Mister Horned Owl You would think to hear hier than Mister Owl!”
”Mister Robin is very apt to boast about hiers!” said Mrs Robin
”Major Partridge is the funniest thing!” said Mrs Partridge ”He is desperately afraid of snakes, but when Bob White was telling about his going to whip Mister Owl, Major Partridge threw his chest out, and swelled hiruff voice, 'To-ood, I shall drive all of the snakes out of our woods!'”
”That _must_ have sounded funny!” said Mrs Robin ”But I wish that all the snakes were driven fros!”
”They are so hideous!” said Mrs Partridge
”I s!” said Mrs Robin ”My babies will begin to hatch next week!”
”I expect that es will all be out of the shell before next Thursday!” said Mrs Partridge ”I do hope that the weather stays good! Last year the weather was so cold and wet that it was very disagreeable!”
”How e?” asked Mrs Robin
”Only twelve, this year!”
”Twelve! Mercy e! I cannot see how you will be able to look after so e farew to be as big as their father,” said Mrs Partridge
”The largest fa out of the nest!” said Mrs Robin
”I always take my children out of the nest as soon as they are out of the shell! It is so e
”My children simply have to stay in their nest until they are ready to fly! It is such a job to feed and care for theh to eat!”
Just then they heard Mister Robert Robin calling He was standing beside the nest and saying, ”Tut! Tut! Tut!--Tut! Tut! Tut!”
”Mister Robin is getting uneasy so I had better hurry hoe watched Mrs Robin as she flew back to her nest in the tall basswood tree
”That little Mrs Robin is a very neat sort of a little body!” she said to herself ”I just know that she is a tidy nest keeper,--she always looks so spick and span, herself!”