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<div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/cover-sm.jpg" alt="Tha Adventures of Prickly Porky - Cover" /></div> <h4>The Bedtime Story-Books</h4> <h1>THE ADVENTURES OF PRICKLY PORKY</h1> <h3>BY</h3> <h2>THORNTON W. BURGESS</h2> <h4> Author of "Old Mother West Wind Series," "Mother West Wind 'How' Stories," "The Bedtime Story-Books," etc.</h4> <h4>With Illustrations by HARRISON CADY</h4> <h3>BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1916</h3> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/001-sm.png" alt=""Do tell me quickly what has happened to Peter!" FRONTISPIECE. See page 94." /> "Do tell me quickly what has happened to Peter!" FRONTISPIECE. See page 94.</div> <hr /> <h2>CONTENTS</h2> <table summary="Table of Contents"> <tr> <td class="chapter">I.</td> <td>Happy Jack Squirrel Makes A Find</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">II.</td> <td>The Stranger From The North</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">III.</td> <td>Prickly Porky Makes Friends</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">IV.</td> <td>Peter Rabbit Has Some Startling News</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">V.</td> <td>Peter Rabbit Tells His Story</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">VI.</td> <td>Peter Has To Tell His Story Many Times</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">VII.</td> <td>Jimmy Skunk Calls On Prickly PorkY</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">VIII.</td> <td>Prickly Porky Nearly Chokes</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">IX.</td> <td>Jimmy Skunk And Unc' Billy Possum Tell Different Stories</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">X.</td> <td>Unc' Billy Possum Tells Jimmy Skunk A Secret</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">XI.</td> <td>What Happened To Reddy Fox</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">XII.</td> <td>What Reddy Fox Saw And Did</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">XIII.</td> <td>Reddy Fox Is Very Miserable</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">XIV.</td> <td>Reddy Fox Tries To Keep Out Of Sight</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">XV.</td> <td>Old Granny Fox Investigates</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">XVI.</td> <td>Old Granny Fox Loses Her Dignity</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">XVII.</td> <td>Granny Fox Catches Peter Rabbit</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">XVIII.</td> <td>A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">XIX.</td> <td>Jimmy Skunk Takes Word To Mrs. Peter</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">XX.</td> <td>A Plot To Frighten Old Man Coyote</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">XXI.</td> <td>Sammy Jay Delivers His Message</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">XXII.</td> <td>Old Man Coyote Loses His Appetite</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapter">XXIII.</td> <td>Buster Bear Gives It All Away</td> </tr> </table> <hr /> <h2>LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS</h2> <div class="illustrations"> "Do Tell Me Quickly What Has Happened To Peter!" Frontispiece "Pooh," Exclaimed Reddy Fox. "Who's Afraid Of That Fellow?" Then He Braced Himself And Pulled With All His Might Reddy Wouldn't Have Believed That It Was Alive "Drop Him!" He Grunted "I See You Are Up To Your Old Tricks, Prickly Porky!" He Shouted </div> <hr /> <h1> THE ADVENTURES OF PRICKLY PORKY</h1> <h2>I</h2> <h3>HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL MAKES A FIND</h3> HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL had had a wonderful day. He had found some big chestnut-trees that he had never seen before, and which promised to give him all the nuts he would want for all the next winter. Now he was thinking of going home, for it was getting late in the afternoon. He looked out across the open field where Mr. Goshawk had nearly caught him that morning. His home was on the other side. "It's a long way 'round," said Happy Jack to himself, "but it is best to be safe and sure." So Happy Jack started on his long journey around the open field. Now, Happy Jack's eyes are bright, and there is very little that Happy Jack does not see. So, as he was jumping from one tree to another, he spied something down on the ground which excited his curiosity. "I must stop and see what that is," said Happy Jack. So down the tree he ran, and in a few minutes he had found the queer thing, which had caught his eyes. It was smooth and black and white, and at one end it was very sharp with a tiny little barb. Happy Jack found it out by pricking himself with it. "Ooch," he cried, and dropped the queer thing. Pretty soon he noticed there were a lot more on the ground. "I wonder what they are," said Happy Jack. "They don't grow, for they haven't any roots. They are not thorns, for there is no plant from which they could come. They are not alive, so what can they be?" Now, Happy Jack's eyes are bright, but sometimes he doesn't use them to the very best advantage. He was so busy examining the queer things on the ground that he never once thought to look up in the tops of the trees. If he had, perhaps he would not have been so much puzzled. As it was he just gathered up three or four of the queer things and started on again. On the way he met Peter Rabbit and showed Peter what he had. Now, you know Peter Rabbit is very curious. He just couldn't sit still, but must scamper over to the place Happy Jack Squirrel told him about. "You'd better be careful, Peter Rabbit; they're very sharp," shouted Happy Jack. But as usual, Peter was in too much of a hurry to heed what was said to him. Lipperty-lipperty-lip, lipperty-lipperty-lip, went Peter Rabbit through the woods, as fast as his long legs would take him. Then suddenly he squealed and sat down to nurse one of his feet. But he was up again in a flash with another squeal louder than before. Peter Rabbit had found the queer things that Happy Jack Squirrel had told him about. One was sticking in his foot, and one was in the white patch on the seat of his trousers. <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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