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            E-text prepared by Al Haines

 "Yap-yap-yap," barked Reddy Fox, as loud as he could. "Yap-yap-yap," barked Reddy Fox, as loud as he could.

 MOTHER WEST WIND'S CHILDREN

 BY

 THORNTON W. BURGESS

 Author of "Old Mother West Wind"

 Illustrated by George Kerr

 GROSSET & DUNLAP
 Publishers
 New York
 By arrangement with Little, Brown and Company

 Copyright, 1911,
 BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.
 All rights reserved

 TO
 ALL THE LITTLE FRIENDS
 OF
 JOHNNY CHUCK AND REDDY FOX,
 AND TO
 ALL WHO LOVE THE GREEN MEADOWS
 AND THE SMILING POOL,
 THE LAUGHING BROOK AND THE MERRY LITTLE BREEZES,
 THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DEDICATED.

 CONTENTS

• CHAPTER I. DANNY MEADOW MOUSE LEARNS WHY HIS TAIL IS SHORT II. WHY REDDY FOX HAS NO FRIENDS III. WHY PETER RABBIT'S EARS ARE LONG IV. REDDY FOX DISOBEYS V. STRIPED CHIPMUNK'S POCKETS VI. REDDY FOX, THE BOASTER VII. JOHNNY CHUCK'S SECRET VIII. JOHNNY CHUCK'S GREAT FIGHT IX. MR. TOAD'S OLD SUIT X. GRANDFATHER FROG GETS EVEN XI. THE DISAPPOINTED BUSH XII. WHY BOBBY COON WASHES HIS FOOD XIII. THE MERRY LITTLE BREEZES HAVE A BUSY DAY XIV. WHY HOOTY THE OWL DOES NOT PLAY ON THE GREEN MEADOWS XV. DANNY MEADOW MOUSE LEARNS TO LAUGH

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