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Title: The Tale of Grumpy Weasel
Sleepy-Time Tales

Author: Arthur Scott Bailey

Illustrator: Harry L. Smith

Release Date: March 20, 2008 [EBook #24881]

Language: English

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THE TALE OF
GRUMPY WEASEL

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: Grumpy Weasel and Jimmy Rabbit Run a Race. _Frontispiece_
(_Page 46_)]

SLEEPY-TIME TALES
(Trademark Registered)

THE TALE OF
GRUMPY
WEASEL

BY
ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY

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

ILLUSTRATED BY
HARRY L. SMITH

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I A SLIM RASCAL 1

II AT THE OLD STONE WALL 5

III MASTER ROBIN'S LESSON 9

IV HUNTING A HOLE 13

V SOLOMON OWL INTERRUPTS 18

VI MR. MEADOW MOUSE ESCAPES 23

VII PADDY MUSKRAT'S BLUNDER 28

VIII THE DARE 33

IX SAVING HIS FEET 38

X HA! AND HA, HA! 42

XI A LONG RACE 46

XII WINNING BY A TRICK 51

XIII SILLY MRS. HEN 56

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