“Some wrens had made a nest inside a flowerpot. It looked very cosy. ‘I should sleep in one of those!’ said Kipper. But Kipper would not fit inside a flowerpot.”
“The squirrels had made their nest out of sticks. ‘I will build myself a stick nest!’ said Kipper. But Kipper’s nest was not very good. He could only find...three sticks!”
“Every day at twelve o’clock, Mr. Parker came to the church. Mr. Parker came to pull a rope. The rope went up to the Birds’ new nest. The rope rang the big bell right under Mrs. Bird’s nest.”
″ Mrs. Bird smiled. ‘I used to hate it,’ she said. ‘But a mother bird can change her mind. You see there’s no nest like an old nest for a brand new bird!’ ”
“Mr. and Mrs. Bird worked very hard. It took them the rest of the morning to finish their nest. ‘This nest is really the best!’ said Mrs. Bird. ‘I want to stay here forever.’ ”
“They went right to work. They needed many things to build their nest. First, they got some hay. They got some soda straws and broom straws. They got some sweater string. They got some stocking string. They got some horse hair. They got some man hair.”
“soon they had all the hay, all the straw, all the string, all the stuffing, all the horse hair, and all the man hair they could carry. They took it all back to build their nest.”
“But there came to the Crumpetty Tree Mr. and Mrs. Canary; And they said, ‘Did you ever see any spot so charmingly airy may we build a nest on your charming hat Mr Quangle Wangle? Grant us that!’ ”
“There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, ‘It is just as I feared! -
Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard.’ ”
“Laugh and be good, and after dinner we will make him a nest on the floor in a corner, and he shall sit in his nest and see a dance of eighteen cooks.”
“He called this place his nest. He went to it by going up a little rope ladder that hung from a branch of the big beech tree. When he reached the limb the rope hung from, he went climbing higher and higher. Up among the leafy branches and away at the top, he found a safe and comfortable seat which he called his nest.”