Front matter
Reading edition
Books by
THORNTON W. BURGESS
Mother West Wind Series
Old Mother West Wind
Mother West Wind’s Children
Mother West Wind’s Animal Friends
Mother West Wind’s Neighbors
Mother West Wind “Why” Stories
Mother West Wind “How” Stories
Mother West Wind “When” Stories
Mother West Wind “Where” Stories
Green Meadow Series
Happy Jack
Mrs. Peter Rabbit
Bowser the Hound
Old Granny Fox
Green Forest Series
Lightfoot the Deer
Blacky the Crow
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse
Buster Bear’s Twins
Smiling Pool Series
Billy Mink
Little Joe Otter
Jerry Muskrat at Home
Longlegs the Heron
“Come on, children!” cried Mrs. Joe. Frontispiece. See page 42.
Copyright, 1925,
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS
All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY ARRANGEMENT WITH LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
ILittle Joe Otter Springs a Surprise1
IIPeter Rabbit Goes Looking7
IIILittle Joe Otter’s Home13
IVPeter Rabbit Learns by Sitting Still19
VA School in the Green Forest25
VIThe First Swimming Lesson32
VIIGreat Fun on a Slippery Slide38
VIIIFarmer Brown’s Boy Has No Luck45
IXA Family Fishing Party51
XA Young Fisherman is Caught57
XISammy Jay Calls Farmer Brown’s Boy64
XIIPeter Rabbit Finds a Queer Trail72
XIIICuriosity Is Satisfied78
XIVThe Coasting Party83
XVLittle Joe And Mrs. Joe Reach a Decision89
XVIThe Fun of Traveling95
XVIIYowler the Bobcat Follows101
XVIIIThe Smallest Otter Is Wilful106
XIXThe Young Otter’s Curiosity Is Satisfied112
XXA Very Meek Young Otter118
XXIA Race for Life124
XXIIThe Clever Trapper130
XXIIIThe Setting of the Traps136
XXIVLittle Joe Otter Is Suspicious141
XXVThe Young Otters Are Warned147
XXVIThe Foolish Young Otter152
XXVIIA Suddenly Lost Appetite158
XXVIIIThe Price of Freedom163
XXIXThe Young Otter Pays the Price168
XXXThe Otters Move On173
XXXIA Fish Disappears178
XXXIIThe Living Heap of Snow183
XXXIIIAnother Fish Disappears188
XXXIVThe Young Otter Learns Where His Fish Went193
ILLUSTRATIONS
“Come on, children!” cried Mrs. JoeFrontispiece
One morning he saw Mrs. Joe out with the two babies25
Gentle Mistress Moon saw a queer procession89
“Well, son,” said he, “what did you see?”184