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Title: The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer

Author: Thornton W. Burgess

Illustrator: Harrison Cady

Release Date: August 19, 2006 [EBook #19079]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Wonderfully handsome was
Lightfoot the Deer.]

LIGHTFOOT THE DEER

BY

THORNTON W. BURGESS

_With Illustrations by_
_HARRISON CADY_

GROSSET & DUNLAP

Publishers New York

_Printed by arrangement with Little, Brown, and Company_

COPYRIGHT 1921 BY THORNTON W. BURGESS

ISBN: 0-448-02741-0 (TRADE EDITION)

ISBN: 0-448-13721-6 (LIBRARY EDITION)

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY ARRANGEMENT WITH LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Dedication

TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF OUR

FOUR-FOOTED FRIENDS IN THE GREEN FOREST

WITH THE HOPE THAT THIS LITTLE VOLUME

MAY IN SOME DEGREE AID IN THE

PROTECTION OF THE INNOCENT

AND HELPLESS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I PETER RABBIT MEETS LIGHTFOOT 1

II LIGHTFOOT'S NEW ANTLERS 8

III LIGHTFOOT TELLS HOW HIS ANTLERS GREW 15

IV THE SPIRIT OF FEAR 22

V SAMMY JAY BRINGS LIGHTFOOT WORD 29

VI A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK 34

VII THE MERRY LITTLE BREEZES HELP LIGHTFOOT 39

VIII WIT AGAINST WIT 44

IX LIGHTFOOT BECOMES UNCERTAIN 49

X LIGHTFOOT'S CLEVER TRICK 53

XI THE HUNTED WATCHES THE HUNTER 58

XII LIGHTFOOT VISITS PADDY THE BEAVER 63

XIII LIGHTFOOT AND PADDY BECOME PARTNERS 68

XIV HOW PADDY WARNED LIGHTFOOT 73

XV THE THREE WATCHERS 78