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Title: Mrs. Peter Rabbit

Author: Thornton W. Burgess

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MRS. PETER RABBIT

THORNTON W. BURGESS

With illustrations by
HARRISON CADY

1919

TO MY DAUGHTER

WHOSE ASSISTANCE IN THE PREPARATION
OF THIS VOLUME HAS BEEN INVALUABLE
IT IS MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I PETER RABBIT LOSES HIS APPETITE

II PETER RABBIT PLANS A JOURNEY

III HOOTY THE OWL CHANGES HIS HUNTING GROUNDS

IV THE SHADOW WITH SHARP CLAWS

V IN THE OLD PASTURE

VI PETER RABBIT IS STILL LONESOME

VII PETER FINDS TRACKS

VIII THE STRANGE TRACKS IN THE OLD PASTURE

IX AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE

X PETER RABBIT ALMOST DECIDES TO RETURN HOME

XI PETER RABBIT HAS A SUDDEN CHANGE OF MIND

XII PETER LEARNS SOMETHING FROM TOMMY TIT

XIII LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL

XIV SOME ONE FOOLS OLD JED THUMPER

XV A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR PETER

XVI PETER RABBIT’S LOOKING-GLASS

XVII PETER MEETS MISS FUZZYTAIL

XVIII TOMMY TIT PROVES A FRIEND INDEED

XIX OLD MAN COYOTE PAYS A DEBT

XX LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL WHISPERS “YES”

XXI PETER AND LITTLE MISS FUZZYTAIL LEAVE THE OLD PASTURE

XXII SAMMY JAY BECOMES CURIOUS

XXIII PETER INTRODUCES MRS. PETER

XXIV DANNY MEADOW MOUSE WARNS PETER RABBIT

XXV PETER RABBIT’S HEEDLESSNESS

XXVI PETER RABBIT LISTENS TO MRS. PETER

XXVII MISTAH MOCKER PLAYS A JOKE ON MRS. PETER

XXVIII NEWS FROM THE OLD BRIAR-PATCH

XXIX JIMMY SKUNK VISITS PETER RABBIT

XXX REDDY FOX LEARNS THE SECRET

XXXI BLACKY THE CROW HAS SHARP EYES

XXXII PETER RABBIT’S NURSERY

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Every one who could walk, creep, or fly headed for the Old
Briar-patch .....&#160; Frontispiece

He dodged and jumped, and all the time the shadow followed him

That night Old Man Coyote started for the Old Pasture

“The quickest way for me to know is for you to tell me,” replied Jimmy

CHAPTER I