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Title: The Tale of Nimble Deer
Sleepy-Time Tales

Author: Arthur Scott Bailey

Illustrator: Harry L. Smith

Release Date: May 26, 2007 [EBook #21619]

Language: English

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THE TALE OF NIMBLE DEER

_SLEEPY-TIME TALES_

(Trademark Registered)

BY

ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY

AUTHOR OF

_TUCK-ME-IN TALES_

(Trademark Registered)

THE TALE OF CUFFY BEAR
THE TALE OF FRISKY SQUIRREL
THE TALE OF TOMMY FOX
THE TALE OF FATTY COON
THE TALE OF BILLY WOODCHUCK
THE TALE OF JIMMY RABBIT
THE TALE OF PETER MINK
THE TALE OF SANDY CHIPMUNK
THE TALE OF BROWNIE BEAVER
THE TALE OF PADDY MUSKRAT
THE TALE OF FERDINAND FROG
THE TALE OF DICKIE DEER MOUSE
THE TALE OF TIMOTHY TURTLE
THE TALE OF MAJOR MONKEY
THE TALE OF BENNY BADGER

[Illustration: Nimble Told Everybody He Met.
_Frontispiece_--(_Page 27_)]

_SLEEPY-TIME TALES_
(Trademark Registered)

THE TALE OF
NIMBLE DEER

BY
ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY

Author of

"TUCK-ME-IN TALES"
(Trademark Registered)
and
"SLUMBER-TOWN TALES"
(Trademark Registered)

ILLUSTRATED BY
HARRY L. SMITH

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE SPOTTED FAWN 7

II LEARNING THINGS 13

III AN INTERRUPTED NAP 18

IV PLANNING A PICNIC 23

V NIMBLE'S MISTAKE 29

VI AN UNEXPECTED P