. The story of hedgerow and pond . The Adventures of Tommy Titmouse all sorts of good things to eat. Littlegreen caterpillars, you know, and tinyearwiggy things, and spiders, and eggsof insects, and little grubs, very fat andjuicy. And they could hide themselvesin all sorts of curious out-of-the-wayplaces, under the bark of trees, androlled up in leaves, and inside blossomsand fruit; but he could generally tellthere was something there good to eat,and his sharp-pointed beak would give apeck or two, and there was his breakfastor dinner all ready to eat without havingto be cooked. And so he hopp
. The story of hedgerow and pond . The Adventures of Tommy Titmouse all sorts of good things to eat. Littlegreen caterpillars, you know, and tinyearwiggy things, and spiders, and eggsof insects, and little grubs, very fat andjuicy. And they could hide themselvesin all sorts of curious out-of-the-wayplaces, under the bark of trees, androlled up in leaves, and inside blossomsand fruit; but he could generally tellthere was something there good to eat,and his sharp-pointed beak would give apeck or two, and there was his breakfastor dinner all ready to eat without havingto be cooked. And so he hopped about, and when hewas tired of one place all he had to dowas to open his wings and fly off in anydirection he liked, which is a very niceway of seeing the world—much betterthan having to walk. And though the238. world, he soon found, was full of badfolk, he was sharp enough to avoid when he was young he had a terriblefright. For when he flew down to abone he saw in a farmyard that still hada good many pickings on it, a hungrycat pounced out from where she hadbeen hiding and very nearly caught him ;but he was so small and so quick thathe just managed to dodge between hercruel paws and fly up out of reach. Then there were weasels, and owls,and all kinds of hungry birds and beaststhat he had to dodge, and worse thanall there were boys. They were reallymore dangerous than any of the otherthings, which were only likely to dohim harm when they were hungry, andhe knew what it was to be hungry him-self; but boys were always dangerous—•239
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