The Adventures of Grandfather Frog

The Adventures of Grandfather
Frog, by
by Harrison Cady

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The Bedtime Story-Books
THE ADVENTURES OF GRANDFATHER FROG
by
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

I
BILLY MINK FINDS LITTLE JOE OTTER
Billy Mink ran around the edge of the Smiling Pool and turned down
by the Laughing Brook. His eyes twinkled with mischief, and he
hurried as only Billy can. As he passed Jerry Muskrat's house, Jerry
saw him.

"Hi, Billy Mink! Where are you going in such a hurry this fine
morning?" he called.
"To find Little Joe Otter. Have you seen anything of him?" replied
Billy.
"No," said Jerry. "He's probably down to the Big River fishing. I heard
him say last night that he was going."
"Thanks," said Billy Mink, and without waiting to say more he was off
like a little brown flash.
Jerry watched him out of sight. "Hump!" exclaimed Jerry. "Billy Mink
is in a terrible hurry this morning. Now I wonder what he is so anxious
to find Little Joe Otter for. When they get their heads together, it is
usually for some mischief."
Jerry climbed to the top of his house and looked over the Smiling Pool
in the direction from which Billy Mink had just come. Almost at once
he saw Grandfather Frog fast asleep on his big green lily-pad. The legs
of a foolish green fly were sticking out of one corner of his big mouth.
Jerry couldn't help laughing, for Grandfather Frog certainly did look
funny.
"He's had a good breakfast this morning, and his full stomach has made
him sleepy," thought Jerry. "But he's getting careless in his old age. He
certainly is getting careless. The idea of going to sleep right out in plain
sight like that!"
Suddenly a new thought popped into his head. "Billy Mink saw him,
and that is why he is so anxious to find Little Joe Otter. He is planning
to play some trick on Grandfather Frog as sure as pollywogs have
tails!" exclaimed Jerry. Then his eyes began to twinkle as he added: "I
think I'll have some fun myself."
Without another word Jerry slipped down into the water and swam over
to the big green lily-pad of Grandfather Frog. Then he hit the water a
smart blow with his tail. Grandfather Frog's big goggly eyes flew open,

and he