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Title: The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse

Author: Arthur Scott Bailey

Illustrator: Eleanor Fagan

Release Date: March 19, 2008 [EBook #24872]

Language: English

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The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse

[Illustration: Master Meadow Mouse gets on the raft]

The TALE of
MASTER
MEADOW
MOUSE

[Illustration]

[Illustration]

_By_
ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY

AUTHOR OF
THE CUFFY BEAR BOOKS,
SLEEPY TIME TALES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY
ELEANORE FAGAN

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS--NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I A FAT LITTLE FELLOW 1
II A PEEP AT THE WORLD 6
III THE KITTEN 11
IV A PLEASANT STRANGER 16
V MR. FROG INSISTS 21
VI MEETING MR. CROW 25
VII NOTHING BUT AIR 30
VIII MOSES MOUSE 35
IX MISS SNOOPER 40
X A HANDY SIGN 45
XI A CASTLE IN THE AIR 50
XII A MIDNIGHT FROLIC 55
XIII A MOONLIGHT RAID 60
XIV THE MASKED BANDIT 64
XV THE FLOOD 68
XVI ON THE RAFT 73
XVII A LUCKY ESCAPE 78
XVIII UNDER THE SNOW 83
XIX OWL FRIENDS 88
XX EATING A TREE 94
XXI A COLD DIP 100
XXII FISHING FOR MICE 105
XXIII MOVING DAY 110
XXIV MASTER OR MISTER? 115

The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse

[Illustration]

1

A Fat Little Fellow

MASTER MEADOW MOUSE was pudgy. His legs were so short and his tail was
so s