THE VERY SHORT STORY OF THE FOOLISH LITTLE MOUSE 96

THE LONELY LITTLE PIG 106

THE KITTEN WHO LOST HERSELF 116

THE CHICKEN WHO WOULDN'T EAT GRAVEL 136

THE GOOSE WHO WANTED HER OWN WAY 149

WHY THE SHEEP RAN AWAY 160

THE FINE YOUNG RAT AND THE TRAP 172

THE QUICK-TEMPERED TURKEY GOBBLER 186

THE BRAGGING PEACOCK 199

THE DISCONTENTED GUINEA HEN 213

THE OXEN TALK WITH THE CALVES 232

ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE SWALLOWS ARE COMING 2

THE LAMB WITH THE LONGEST TAIL 16

THEY HAD A GOOD SWIM 40

HAD A SORE MOUTH FROM JERKING ON THE LINES 77

FEEDING THE LAMBS 84

EVERY BROWN PIG RAN OFF 110

"I AM THE WHITE KITTEN" 130

THE GRAY GOOSE TRIED TO GO THROUGH 156

COLLIE AND THE BELL-WETHER 170

THE BIG GOBBLER CAME PUFFING TOWARD
HER. _Frontispiece_ 194

THE PEACOCK WAS STANDING ON THE FENCE, 208

THE RED CALF AND THE WHITE CALF 243

THE STORY THAT THE SWALLOW DIDN'T TELL

"Listen!" said the Nigh Ox, "don't you hear some friends coming?"

The Off Ox raised his head from the grass and stopped to brush away a
Fly, for you never could hurry either of the brothers. "I don't hear any
footfalls," said he.

"You should listen for wings, not feet," said the Nigh Ox, "and for
voices, too."

Even as he spoke there floated down from the clear air overhead a soft
"tittle-ittle-ittle-ee," as though some bird were laughing for
happiness. There was not a cloud in the sky, and the meadow was covered
with thousands and thousand