ROW CURIOUS 58

XIII. FARMER BROWN'S BOY AND BUSTER BEAR MEET 63

XIV. A SURPRISING THING HAPPENS 68

XV. BUSTER BEAR IS A FALLEN HERO 73

XVI. CHATTERER THE RED SQUIRREL JUMPS FOR HIS LIFE 78

XVII. BUSTER BEAR GOES BERRYING 83

XVIII. SOMEBODY ELSE GOES BERRYING 88

XIX. BUSTER BEAR HAS A FINE TIME 93

XX. BUSTER BEAR CARRIES OFF THE PAIL OF FARMER BROWN'S BOY 99

XXI. SAMMY JAY MAKES THINGS WORSE FOR BUSTER BEAR 104

XXII. BUSTER BEAR HAS A FIT OF TEMPER 110

XXIII. FARMER BROWN'S BOY LUNCHES ON BERRIES 115

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

BUSTER BLINKED HIS GREEDY LITTLE EYES RAPIDLY AND
LOOKED AGAIN _Frontispiece_

"HERE'S YOUR TROUT, MR. OTTER," SAID HE PAGE 5

"YOU TAKE MY ADVICE, LITTLE JOE OTTER," CONTINUED
GRANDFATHER FROG 26

REDDY GLARED ACROSS THE SMILING POOL AT PETER 45

BUSTER BEAR WAS RUNNING AWAY TOO 71

THOSE WHO COULD FLY, FLEW. THOSE WHO COULD CLIMB,
CLIMBED 112

THE ADVENTURES
OF BUSTER BEAR

I

BUSTER BEAR GOES FISHING

Buster Bear yawned as he lay on his comfortable bed of leaves and
watched the first early morning sunbeams creeping through the Green
Forest to chase out the Black Shadows. Once more he yawned, and slowly
got to his feet and shook himself. Then he walked over to a big
pine-tree, stood up on his hind legs, reached as high up on the trunk of
the tree as he could, and scratched the bark with his great claws. After
that he yawned until it seemed as if his jaws would crack, and then sat
down to think what he wanted for breakfast.

While he sat there, trying to make up his mind what would taste best, he
was listening to the sounds that told of the waking of all the little
people who live in the Green Forest. He heard Sammy Jay way off in the
distance screaming, "Thief! Thief!" and grinned. "I wonder," thought
Buster, "if some one has stolen Sammy's breakfast, or if he has stolen
the breakfast of some one