THORNTON W. BURGESS, children's author ana natu ralist, was born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, in 1874. While growing up he roamed the woods, fields and salt marshes of Cape Cod, where he came to know the birds, animals and plant life well. Later, as a grown man, he told stories about animals and nature to his young son.

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When little Reddy Fox gets too big for his breeches and steals a plump pet hen in broad daylight, the stage is set for an exciting tale as Farmer Brown"s boy pursues Reddy with loaded gun and Bowser the Hound. Fortunately, Reddy has wise Granny Fox on his side and, with some timely help from other woodland friends, manages to avoid an unhappy ending.

As this timeless fable unfolds, children will delight in Reddy"s risky antics and the commotion his behavior causes among Johnny Chuck, Drummer the Woodpecker, Peter Rabbit and the other inhabitants of the Green Forest. Thornton W. Burgess, author of Old Mother West Wind and many other children"s classics, was a master at telling a good story that holds a child"s attention while instilling an important lesson in the most painless and enjoyable fashion. First published in 1913, The Adventures of Reddy Fox was one of his finest efforts. In this inexpensive Dover edition, newly reset in large easy-to-read type, it will delight children (and adults) today, just as it did their grandparents.

  I. Granny Fox Gives Reddy a Scare

 II. Granny Shows Reddy a Trick

III. Bowser the Hound Isn"t Fooled

 IV. Reddy Fox Grows Bold

  V. Reddy Grows Careless

 VI. Drummer the Woodpecker Drums

  in Vain

VII. Too Late Reddy Fox Hears

VIII. Granny Fox Takes Care of Reddy

 IX. Peter Rabbit Hears the News

  X. Poor Reddy Fox

 XI. Granny Fox Returns

XII. The Lost Chicken

XIII. Granny Fox Calls Jimmy Skunk

  Names

XIV. Granny Fox Finds What Became of

  the Chicken

 XV. Reddy Fox Has a Visitor

XVI. Unc" Billy Possum Visits the Smiling

  Pool

XVII. Farmer Brown"s Boy is Determined

XVIII. The Hunt for Reddy Fox

XIX. Unc" Billy Possum Gives Warning

 XX. Old Granny Fox Makes a Mistake

XXI. Reddy Fox Disobeys

XXII. or Mistah Buzzard"s Keen Sight

XXIII. Granny Fox Has a Terrible Scare

XXIV. Granny and Reddy Have to Move

XXV. Peter Rabbit Makes a Discovery

XXVI. Farmer Brown"s Boy Works for

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