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The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess
Peter had been out all night this time, but he wasn't sleepy, not the least teeny, weeny bit. You see, sweet Mistress Spring had arrived, and there was so much happening on every side, and Peter was so afraid he would miss something, that he wouldn't have slept at all if he could have helped it. Peter had come over to the Old Orchard so early this morning to see if there had been any new arrivals the day before.
"Birds are funny creatures," said Peter, as he hopped over a low place in the old stone wall and was fairly in the Old Orchard.
"Tut, tut, tut, tut, tut!" cried a rather sharp scolding voice. "Tut, tut, tut, tut, tut! You don't know what you are talking about, Peter Rabbit. They are not funny creatures at all. They are the most sensible folks in all the wide world."
Thorton W. Burgess (1874-1965) was an American writer of children's books. He wrote over 170 books and 15,000 newspaper articles. He hoped that his stories, populated by a number of stock characters: Jerry Skunk, Bobby Raccoon, Hooty the Owl and many more, would lead young children to a love of nature and to an early understanding of conservation.
