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Title: John of the Woods

Author: Abbie Farwell Brown

Release Date: October 31, 2004 [EBook #13905]

Language: English

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JOHN-OF-THE-WOODS

BY

ABBIE FARWELL BROWN

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

E. BOYD SMITH

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

THE RIVERSIDE PRESS CAMBRIDGE

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published October 1909

To J.D. and K.D.

Kindest of neighbors and best of friends

to all the world and its

Animal Kingdom

CONTENTS

I. THE TUMBLERS
II. THE FALL
III. THE RUNAWAY
IV. THE OX-CART
V. THE HUNCHBACK
VI. THE SILVER PIECE
VIX. THE WANDERER
VIII. THE RESCUE
IX. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
X. THE HERMIT
XI. THE PUPIL
XII. THE BEAU
XIII. A FOREST RAMBLE
XIV. THE WOLF-BROTHER
XV. THE GREEN STRANGER
XVI. THE HUNT
XVII. THE MESSENGER
XVIII. THE CARRIER PIGEON
XIX. THE JOURNEY
XX. THE ARRIVAL
XXI. THE PALACE
XXII. THE PRINCE'S CHAMBER
XXIII. THE CURE
XXIV. THE KING
XXV. THE FETE
XXVI. THE TALISMAN
CONCLUSION

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE THREE TUMBLERS
GIGI RUNS AWAY
HAVE YOU GOT MY BOY?
A QUAINT PAIR OF WANDERERS
THE CIRCLE OF ANIMALS WATCHED HIM
JOHN TALKED WITH THEM
YOU SHALL NOT KILL MY FRIEND THE BEAR
THE KING SENDS FOR YOU
A STRANGE COMPANY
JOHN WAS PROTECTED BY POWERFUL FRIENDS
HE STROKED THE SOFT BALL OF FUR
I WISH I COULD DO IT MYSELF
JOHN URGED THE CLUMSY FELLOW TO DANCE
TO ME, MY BROTHERS!
THE KING AND PRINCESS CAME TO VISIT HIM

JOHN OF THE WOODS

I

THE TUMBLERS

It was late of a beautiful afternoon in May. In the hedges outside the
village roses were blossoming, yellow and white. Overhead the larks
were singing their happiest songs, because the sky was so blue. But
nearer the village the birds were silent, marveling at the strange
noises which echoed up and down the narrow, crooked streets.

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