Old Mother West Wind
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Old Mother West Wind came down from the Purple Hills in the golden light of the early morning. Over her shoulders was slung a bag--a great big bag--and in the bag were all of Old Mother West Wind's children, the Merry Little Breezes.…
Details
- AuthorThornton W. Burgess
- SourceProject Gutenberg #2557
- Length16,951 words · 1h 08m of reading
- Chapters16
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
16 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01CHAPTER I. MRS. REDWING'S SPECKLED EGG
- 02CHAPTER II WHY GRANDFATHER FROG HAS NO TAIL
- 03CHAPTER III HOW REDDY FOX WAS SURPRISED
- 04CHAPTER IV WHY JIMMY SKUNK WEARS STRIPES
- 05CHAPTER V THE WILFUL LITTLE BREEZE
- 06CHAPTER VI REDDY FOX GOES FISHING
- 07CHAPTER VII JIMMY SKUNK LOOKS FOR BEETLES
- 08CHAPTER VIII BILLY MINK'S SWIMMING PARTY
- 09CHAPTER IX PETER RABBIT PLAYS A JOKE
- 10CHAPTER X HOW SAMMY JAY WAS FOUND OUT
- 11CHAPTER XI JERRY MUSKRAT'S PARTY
- 12CHAPTER XII BOBBY COON AND REDDY FOX PLAY TRICKS
- 13CHAPTER XIII JOHNNY CHUCK FINDS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD
- 14CHAPTER XIV LITTLE JOE OTTER'S SLIPPERY SLIDE
- 15CHAPTER XV THE TAIL OF TOMMY TROUT WHO DID NOT MIND
- 16CHAPTER XVI SPOTTY THE TURTLE WINS A RACE
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