“Where’ve you been so long?” Jane demanded. “And what are you hiding under that sweater?”
Vevi answered not a word. She kept grinning and looking very wise. Whatever she held beneath the sweater was alive, for the girls could see the woolen cloth twitch.
“Jump into the car, Vevi!” Mrs. Williams ordered impatiently. “We’ve lost too much time now.”
Thus urged, Vevi leaped into the back seat. But she kept tight hold of the sweater.
“You went off because you didn’t want to give the bird report,” Jane accused her.
“Maybe I did,” Vevi admitted. “But let me tell you a thing or two. I’ve got something better than an old stupid report. I’ve got a real live bird!”
CHAPTER 10
A BIRD REPORT
“I’VE got a beautiful gull,” Vevi announced proudly. “See!”
Pulling aside the sweater, she showed the Brownies a white pigeon with arched wings and well-formed tail.