“I want a drink!” said little Montgomery.
“The water in the lake is not fit to drink, children!” said Robert Robin. “It tastes bric-a-brac-ish! We will go over to General Scamp’s fountain, and get a drink of marble water!”
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So Robert Robin and his family went over to General Scamp’s lawn and had a fine drink from his nice bird fountain, and Robert Robin plunged into the bird basin and took a bath, and spattered water all over little Evelina.
But in a few moments all of them were bathing in General Scamp’s bird basin.
“There is nothing like a cold plunge, when one is traveling!” said Robert Robin. “Now I will teach you children to catch earthworms!”
“Oh! Goody!” shouted all the young birdsters. “In which tree are they?”
“They are not in any tree! They are in General Scamp’s lawn!” said Robert Robin, as he hopped down and began tripping over the green grass. Suddenly he stood perfectly still and turned his head to one side. Robert Robin was listening and looking closely at the ground.