By Thornton W. Burgess

By Thornton W. Burgess

TO MY MOTHER TO WHOM I OWE SO MUCH AND TO MY LITTLE SON WHOSE LOVE OF STORIES INSPIRED THESE TALES THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.   MRS. REDWING'S SPECKLED EGG

CHAPTER II.   WHY GRANDFATHER FROG HAS NO TAIL

CHAPTER III.   HOW REDDY FOX WAS SURPRISED

CHAPTER IV.   WHY JIMMY SKUNK WEARS STRIPES

CHAPTER V.   THE WILFUL LITTLE BREEZE

CHAPTER VI.   REDDY FOX GOES FISHING

CHAPTER VII.   JIMMY SKUNK LOOKS FOR BEETLES

CHAPTER VIII.   BILLY MINK'S SWIMMING PARTY

CHAPTER IX.   PETER RABBIT PLAYS A JOKE

CHAPTER X.   HOW SAMMY JAY WAS FOUND OUT

CHAPTER XI.   JERRY MUSKRAT'S PARTY

CHAPTER XII.   BOBBY COON AND REDDY FOX PLAY TRICKS

CHAPTER XIII.      JOHNNY CHUCK FINDS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD

CHAPTER XIV.   LITTLE JOE OTTER'S SLIPPERY SLIDE

CHAPTER XV.   THE TAIL OF TOMMY TROUT WHO DID NOT MIND

CHAPTER XVI.   SPOTTY THE TURTLE WINS A RACE