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Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today they've traded their wings for flippers and their playhouse for the Antarctic. BRRR!

Three brave knights to the rescue! Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together.

Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today, they've traded in their playhouse for a spaceship...

Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today, they've traded in their playhouse for the peak of Mount Everest!

Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together.

Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today, they've traded in their playhouse for sun hats and desert boots.

Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today, they've traded in their playhouse for a pirate ship.

Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today, they've traded in their playhouse for a race car.

Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together.

Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today, they've traded in their playhouse for the Old West. They are the brave sheriffs of a deserted ghost town!

This story was first published in March 1955 Galaxy and the e-text was produced from the anthology "All the Traps of Earth and other stories".

The paper had gone to press, graphically describing the latest of the many horrible events which had been enacted upon the Earth in the last six months.

In a future time, the solar system is powered by one energy source, controlled by one huge organisation, which has plans to use this control to dominate the planets.