Front matter

Told at Twilight Stories

By JOHN BRECK

MOSTLY ABOUT NIBBLE THE BUNNY NIBBLE RABBIT MAKES MORE FRIENDS THE SINS OF SILVERTIP THE FOX TAD COON’S TRICKS THE WAVY TAILED WARRIOR TAD COON’S GREAT ADVENTURE THE BAD LITTLE OWLS THE JAY BIRD WHO WENT TAME

Silvertip wades across the pond.

Told at Twilight Stories

The Sins of Silvertip the Fox

by

John Breck

Illustrated by

William T. Andrews

Garden City New York

Doubleday, Page & Company

1923

COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY THE ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y

First Edition

CONTENTS

I. How Nibble Rescued the Red Cow

II. Why Tommy ’Most Lost His Temper

III. The Red Cow’s Secret

IV. Why Louie Thomson Didn’t Enjoy His Visit

V. Nibble Tells One Secret and Hears Another

VI. A Game of Tag in Tommy’s Barn

VII. The White Cow Begins a Story

VIII. How the Man’s Wife Made the Compact with the Cows

IX. How a Bunny Undertook to Hunt a Fox

X. The Wicked Plot of the Bad Little Owls

XI. Why the Little Owls’ Plans Went Wrong

XII. How Long Ears Heard Bad News

XIII. How the Great Hunt Ended

ILLUSTRATIONS

Silvertip wades across the pond

Tommy finds a trap

Nibble and Muskrat visit the Red Cow

The Red Cow walked around and around

Silvertip trotted past with the poor chicken

There was Nibble, perched on top of the partition

Nibble visits the chicken coop

Silvertip hid under the culvert

THE SINS OF SILVERTIP THE FOX