Mother West Wind "Why" Stories
by Thornton W. Burgess
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About this eBook
- Author
- Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo), 1874-1965
- Credits
- Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Richard J. Shiffer and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Children's stories, American
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 14958
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14958
- Release Date
- February 7, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MOTHER WEST WIND "WHY" STORIES — by
- 2.THORNTON W. BURGESS — Author of "Old Mother West Wind," and "The Bed Time Story-Books." — Illustrations in Color by HARRISON CADY — "He went right on about his business." FRONTISPIECE. — BOOKS BY THORNTON W. BURGESS
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — MOTHER WEST WIND "WHY" STORIES
- 5.I — WHY STRIPED CHIPMUNK IS PROUD OF HIS STRIPES
- 6.II — WHY PETER RABBIT CANNOT FOLD HIS HANDS
- 7.III — WHY UNC' BILLY POSSUM PLAYS DEAD — "As they were all very hungry, they would like to know when the feast would be ready."
- 8.IV — WHY REDDY FOX WEARS RED
- 9.V — WHY JIMMY SKUNK NEVER HURRIES
- 10.VI — WHY SAMMY JAY HAS A FINE COAT — "You don't mean to say so, Peter," interrupted Grandfather Frog.
- 11.VII — WHY JERRY MUSKRAT BUILDS HIS HOUSE IN THE WATER
- 12.VIII — WHY OLD MAN COYOTE HAS MANY VOICES
- 13.IX — WHY MINER THE MOLE LIVES UNDER GROUND
- 14.X — WHY MR. SNAKE CANNOT WINK — He would make no reply, save to run out his tongue at them.
- 15.XI — WHY BOBBY COON HAS RINGS ON HIS TAIL
- 16.XII — WHY THERE IS A BLACK HEAD IN THE BUZZARD FAMILY
- 17.XIII — WHY BUSTER BEAR APPEARS TO HAVE NO TAIL — "Then Old King Bear wished that he hadn't a tail."
- 18.XIV — WHY FLITTER THE BAT FLIES AT NIGHT — "It must be fine to fly," thought Peter. "I wish I could fly."
- 19.XV — WHY SPOTTY THE TURTLE CARRIES HIS HOUSE WITH HIM — "Hi, Spotty!" he shouted. "Where do you live?"
- 20.XVI — WHY PADDY THE BEAVER HAS A BROAD TAIL — The first thing Peter looked to see was what kind of a tail Paddy has.
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