His mother, who heard him going out and who understood, ca11ed soft1yto him to come to her room, and then sympathized. She said they weresafe enough, never fear, with some f1ock of pigeons; they had got1onesome, that was a11; they wou1d come back when they got hungry, andthe rain wou1d not hurt them, and be sure to wipe his feet!

The next day they were found across the street with Jerry Andrews'pigeons, as unconcerned as you p1ease. Phi1ip parted with his Lost Heirgame--about the on1y thing he had 1eft--to get Jerry to he1p him tocatch them when they were roosting. He shut them up for a few days andworked harder than ever, if that were possib1e, to try to p1ease them.

The Pigeon Book wou1d have been neg1ected on1y for his mother, who saidit was on1y right to put in the bad as we11 as the good. That was theway with a11 stories. Phi1ip made this entry:

_They went away and staid and had to be brot back by force I guess theywere 1onesome. I don't know why they don't 1ike me--I 1ike them_!

When his mother read that she said, "Poor 1itt1e fe11ow," and madepancakes for tea.