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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
Timothy was going through the queerest motions.
S L E E P Y - T I M E T A L E S (Trademark Registered) THE TALE OF TIMOTHY TURTLE BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY Author of "TUCK-ME-IN TALES" (Trademark Registered) ILLUSTRATED BY HARRY L. SMITH NEW YORK G R O S S E T & D U N L A P P U B L I S H E R S Made in the United States of America
Copyright, 1919, by GROSSET & DUNLAP
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I A Famous Biter 1
II An Old-Timer 6
III Timothy's Grudge 11
IV A Tight Squeeze 16
V Mr. Turtle's Mistake 21
VI Mr. Crow's Kind Offer 26
VII Learning to Fly 31
VIII Turning Turtle 36
IX A Pleasure Trip 42
X A Warning 47
XI On the Beaver Dam 52
XII Kind Timothy Turtle 56
XIII The Plot 60
XIV Caught! 65
XV The Redskins' Way 70
XVI Johnnie Green's Initials 75
XVII Timothy Needs Help 82
XVIII Peter Mink's Plan 87
XIX Careful Mr. Frog 91
XX The Almanac 97
XXI A Queer Wish 104
XXII The Unwelcome Guest 110
XXIII A Merry Song 115
ILLUSTRATIONS
Timothy was going through the queerest motions.Frontispiece
"Let Me In!" said Timothy to Mr. Frog.18
Timothy began to climb the steep bluff.51
"Let me go!" Fatty Coon shrieked.82