Bumper, The White Rabbit

Bumper, The White Rabbit

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Title: Bumper, The White Rabbit
Author: George Ethelbert Walsh
Illustrator: Edwin John Prittie
Release Date: June 21, 2006 [EBook #18648]
Language: English
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Twilight Animal Series
BUMPER THE WHITE RABBIT
By GEORGE ETHELBERT WALSH
Author of "Bumper the White Rabbit," "Bumper the White Rabbit in the Woods," "Bumper the White Rabbit and His Foes," "Bumper the White Rabbit and His Friends," "Bobby Gray Squirrel," "Bobby Gray Squirrel's Adventures," Etc.
Colored Illustrations by EDWIN JOHN PRITTIE
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA TORONTO
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[Illustration: Not until it approached very close did he duck his head and look up]
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Contents
STORY I WHERE BUMPER CAME FROM 9 STORY II WHY BUMPER WAS LEFT AT HOME 16 STORY III BUMPER IS SOLD 23 STORY IV WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DREADFUL HOUSE 30 STORY V BUMPER AND THE RED-HEADED GIRL 37 STORY VI BUMPER AND CARLO 44 STORY VII BUMPER MEETS THE SEWER RAT 51 STORY VIII BUMPER RUNS INTO A NEST OF BATS 58 STORY IX BUMPER ESCAPES ON A RAFT 65 STORY X BUMPER SEES HIS FIRST BLACK CROW 72 STORY XI BUMPER MEETS A FOX 79 STORY XII BUMPER ADMIRED BY THE BIRDS 86 STORY XIII BUMPER NEEDS A DOCTOR 93 STORY XIV BUMPER MEETS MR. BEAR 100 STORY XV BUMPER FINDS HIS COUNTRY COUSINS 107 STORY XVI BUMPER BECOMES THE WHITE KING OF THE RABBITS 114
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Illustrations
Not until it approached very close did he duck his head Frontispiece and look up He couldn't believe it was anything but a magic carrot 40 They tried to land on his back and claw him 65
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TWILIGHT ANIMAL SERIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS FROM 4 TO 10 YEARS OF AGE
By GEORGE ETHELBERT WALSH
LIST OF TITLES
1 BUMPER THE WHITE RABBIT 2 BUMPER THE WHITE RABBIT IN THE WOODS 3 BUMPER THE WHITE RABBIT AND HIS FOES 4 BUMPER THE WHITE RABBIT AND HIS FRIENDS 5 BOBBY GRAY SQUIRREL 6 BOBBY GRAY SQUIRREL'S ADVENTURES 7 BUSTER THE BIG BROWN BEAR 8 BUSTER THE BIG BROWN BEAR'S ADVENTURES 9 WHITE TAIL THE DEER 10 WHITE TAIL THE DEER'S ADVENTURES 11 WASHER, THE RACCOON (Other titles in preparation)
Issued in uniform style with this volume PRICE 65 CENTS EACH, Postpaid
EACH VOLUME CONTAINS COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS
PRINTED IN U. S. A. Copyright 1922 by THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY Copyright MCMXVII by George E. Walsh
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INTRODUCTION TO THE TWILIGHT ANIMAL STORIES
By the Author
All little boys and girls who love animals should become acquainted with Bumper the white rabbit, with Bobby Gray Squirrel, with Buster the bear, and with White Tail the deer, for they are all a jolly lot, brave and fearless in danger, and so lovable that you won't lay down any one of the books without saying wistfully, "I almost wish I had them really and truly as friends and not just storybook acquaintances." That, of course, is a splendid wish; but none of us could afford to have a big menagerie of wild animals, and that's just what you would have to do if you went outside of the books. Bumper had many friends, such as Mr. Blind Rabbit, Fuzzy Wuzz and Goggle Eyes, his country cousins; and Bobby Gray Squirrel had his near cousins, Stripe the chipmunk and Webb the flying squirrel; while Buster and White Tail were favored with an endless number of friends and relatives. If we turned them all loose from the books, and put them in a ten-acre lot--but no, ten acres wouldn't be big enough to accommodate them, perhaps not a hundred acres.
So we will leave them just where they are--in the books--and read about them, and let our imaginations take us to them where we can see them playing, skipping, singing, and sometimes fighting, and if we read very carefully, and think as we go along, we may come to know them even better than if we went out hunting for them.
Another thing we should remember. By leaving them in the books, hundreds and thousands of other boys and girls can enjoy them, too, sharing with us the pleasures of the imagination, which after all is one of the greatest things in the world. In gathering them together in a real menagerie, we would be selfish both to Bumper, Bobby, Buster, White Tail and their friends as well as to thousands of other little readers who could not share them with us. So these books of Twilight Animal Stories are dedicated to all little boys and