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Title: The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot
Slumber-Town Tales

Author: Arthur Scott Bailey

Illustrator: Harry L. Smith

Release Date: June 16, 2007 [EBook #21844]

Language: English

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THE TALE OF

TURKEY PROUDFOOT

_SLUMBER-TOWN TALES_

(Trademark Registered)

BY

ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY

AUTHOR OF

_SLEEPY-TIME TALES_

(Trademark Registered)

_TUCK-ME-IN TALES_

(Trademark Registered)

THE TALE OF THE MULEY COW
THE TALE OF OLD DOG SPOT
THE TALE OF GRUNTY PIG
THE TALE OF HENRIETTA HEN
THE TALE OF TURKEY PROUDFOOT
THE TALE OF PONY TWINKLEHEELS
THE TALE OF MISS KITTY CAT

[Illustration: The Geese Hissed at Turkey Proudfoot.
_Frontispiece_--(_Page_ 16)]

_SLUMBER-TOWN TALES_
(Trademark Registered)

THE TALE OF
TURKEY PROUDFOOT

BY

ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY

Author of
"SLEEPY-TIME TALES"
(Trademark Registered)
AND
"TUCK-ME-IN TALES"
(Trademark Registered)

ILLUSTRATED BY

HARRY L. SMITH

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I A STRUTTER 1
II THE SILLY SIX 6
III THE MEDDLER 11
IV SCARING THE GEESE 16
V A SAFE PERCH 20
VI THE MIMIC 25
VII HALF WRONG 30
VIII HARD TO PLEASE 35
IX A STRANGE GOBBLE 39
X THE WORM TURNS 45
XI BLUSTER 50
XII MR. CROW'S NEWS 56
XIII THE NEW PET 61
XIV A PROUD PERSON 66
XV MRS. WREN'S ADVICE 71
XVI DRUMMING ON A LOG 75
XVII A GAME BIRD 80
XVIII RED LIGHTNING 85
XIX NIGHT IN THE WOODS 90
XX BEAKS AND BILLS 95
XXI FARMYARD MANNERS 100
XXII CRANBERRY SAUCE 105
XXIII VACATION TIME 110
XXIV BROTHER TOM 115

ILLUSTRATIONS

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