Read Grandfather Mole in "Mrs. Robin's Wish"
In order to provide enough food for her children as well as for the young Cowbird that she was bringing up Mrs. Jolly Robin had to work hard every day. Though her husband gladly did what he could to help her, he complained sometimes about the stranger in their nest."Our family is certainly big enough without him," he often remarked. "We ought to turn him out to shift for himself."...