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Title: The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad

Author: Thornton W. Burgess

Release Date: June 15, 2004 [EBook #12630]

Language: English

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THE ADVENTURES OF OLD MR. TOAD

BY THORNTON W. BURGESS

With Illustrations by HARRISON CADY

1920

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. JIMMY SKUNK IS PUZZLED
II. JIMMY SKUNK CONSULTS HIS FRIENDS
III. THE HUNT FOR OLD MR. TOAD
IV. PETER RABBIT FINDS OLD MR. TOAD
V. OLD MR. TOAD'S MUSIC BAG
VI. PETER DISCOVERS SOMETHING MORE
VII. A SHADOW PASSES OVER THE SMILING POOL
VIII. OLD MR. TOAD'S BABIES
IX. THE SMILING POOL KINDERGARTEN
X. THE LITTLE TOADS START OUT TO SEE THE WORLD
XI. OLD MR. TOAD'S QUEER TONGUE
XII. OLD MR. TOAD SHOWS HIS TONGUE
XIII. PETER RABBIT IS IMPOLITE
XIV. OLD MR. TOAD DISAPPEARS
XV. OLD MR. TOAD GIVES PETER A SCARE
XVI. JIMMY SKUNK IS SURPRISED
XVII. OLD MR. TOAD'S MISTAKE
XVIII. JIMMY SKUNK IS JUST IN TIME
XIX. OLD MR. TOAD GETS HIS STOMACH FULL
XX. OLD MR. TOAD IS PUFFED UP
XXI. OLD MR. TOAD RECEIVES ANOTHER INVITATION
XXII. OLD MR. TOAD LEARNS A LESSON
XXIII. OLD MR. TOAD IS VERY HUMBLE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE ALL THESE LITTLE TOADS CAME FROM?"
"DO YOU SEE ANYTHING QUEER ABOUT HIM?" HE ASKED
"IF HE DON'T WATCH OUT, HE'LL BLOW UP AND BUST!" EXCLAIMED JIMMY
HIS FUNNY LITTLE TONGUE DARTED OUT, AND THE FLY WAS GONE
"CAN'T TALK WITH COMMON FOLKS ANY MORE," HE MUTTERED
"I AM A LITTLE WARM," REPLIED MR. TOAD IN HIS MOST POLITE MANNER

THE ADVENTURES OF OLD MR. TOAD

I

JIMMY SKUNK IS PUZZLED

Old Mother West Wind had just come down from the Purple Hills and turned
loose her children, the Merry Little Breezes, from the big bag in which she
had been carrying them. They were very lively and very merry as they danced
and raced across the Green Meadows in all directions, for it was good to be
back there once more. Old Mother West Wind almost sighed as she watch