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Title: The Adventures of Grandfather Frog

Author: Thornton W. Burgess

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The Bedtime Story-Books

THE ADVENTURES OF GRANDFATHER FROG

THORNTON W. BURGESS

Author of The Adventures of Reddy Fox, Old Mother West Wind, etc.

With Illustrations by HARRISON CADY

Boston
Little, Brown, and Company

1920

[Illustration: “Have a nice nap?” inquired Jerry, with a broad grin.
(Frontispiece)]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. BILLY MINK FINDS LITTLE JOE OTTER

II. LONGLEGS THE BLUE HERON RECEIVES CALLERS

III. LONGLEGS VISITS THE SMILING POOL

IV. THE PATIENCE OF LONGLEGS THE BLUE HERON

V. GRANDFATHER FROG JUMPS JUST IN TIME

VI. LONGLEGS AND WHITETAIL QUARREL

VII. GRANDFATHER FROG’S BIG MOUTH GETS HIM IN TROUBLE

VIII. SPOTTY THE TURTLE PLAYS DOCTOR

IX. OLD MR. TOAD VISITS GRANDFATHER FROG

X. GRANDFATHER FROG STARTS OUT TO SEE THE GREAT WORLD

XI. GRANDFATHER FROG IS STUBBORN

XII. GRANDFATHER FROG KEEPS ON

XIII. DANNY MEADOW MOUSE FEELS RESPONSIBLE

XIV. GRANDFATHER FROG HAS A STRANGE RIDE

XV. GRANDFATHER FROG GIVES UP HOPE

XVI. THE MERRY LITTLE BREEZES WORK HARD

XVII. STRIPED CHIPMUNK CUTS THE STRING

XVIII. GRANDFATHER FROG HURRIES AWAY

XIX. GRANDFATHER FROG JUMPS INTO MORE TROUBLE

XX. GRANDFATHER FROG LOSES HEART

XXI. THE MERRY LITTLE BREEZES TRY TO COMFORT GRANDFATHER FROG

XXII. GRANDFATHER FROG’S TROUBLES GROW

XXIII. THE DEAR OLD SMILING POOL ONCE MORE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“HAVE A NICE NAP?” INQUIRED JERRY, WITH A BROAD GRIN

“THANK YOU,” SAID LONGLEGS. “I BELIEVE I HAVE AN ERRAND UP THAT WAY”

AS SOON AS THEY SAW GRANDFATHER FROG, THEY BEGAN TO LAUGH, TOO

“YOU WON’T SEE MUCH OF THE GREAT WORLD IF YOU JUMP LIKE THAT EVERY
TIME YOU GET A SCARE,” SAID DANNY

HE SEIZED THE OTHER END OF THE STRING AND BEGAN TO PULL

“THAT’S JUST WHAT I’M AFRAID OF!” CROAKED GRANDFATHER FROG

THE ADVENTURES OF GRANDFATHER FROG