The Adventures of Johnny Chuck

The Adventures of Johnny
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THE BEDTIME STORY BOOKS
THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY CHUCK
BY
THORNTON W. BURGESS Author of "Old Mother West Wind,"
"The Adventures of Reddy Fox," etc.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. GENTLE SISTER SOUTH WIND ARRIVES
II. JOHNNY CHUCK RECEIVES CALLERS
III. THE SINGERS OF THE SMILING POOL
IV. JOHNNY CHUCK FINDS OUT WHO THE SWEET SINGERS
ARE
V. JOHNNY CHUCK BECOMES DISSATISFIED
VI. JOHNNY CHUCK TURNS TRAMP

VII. JOHNNY'S FIRST ADTENTURE
VIII. JOHNNY HAS ANOTHER ADVENTURE
IX. ANOTHER STRANGE CHUCK
X. WHY JOHNNY CHUCK DIDN'T FIGHT
XI. THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD XII. JOHNNY
CHUCK PROVES HIS LOVE
XIII. POLLY AND JOHNNY CHUCK GO HOUSE HUNTING
XIV. A NEW HOME AT LAST
XV. SAMMY JAY FINDS THE NEW HOME
XVI. SAMMY JAY PLANS MISCHIEF
XVII. MORE MISCHIEF
XVIII. FARMER BROWN'S BOY MAKES A DISCOVERY
XIX. JOHNNY CHUCK'S PRIDE
XX. SAMMY JAY UNDERSTANDS
XXI. SAMMY JAY HAS A CHANGE OF HEART
XXII. JOHNNY CHUCK IS KEPT BUSY
XXIII. THE SCHOOL IN THE OLD ORCHARD
XXIV. SAMMY JAY PROVES THAT HE IS NOT ALL BAD

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
JOHNNY CHUCK BADE CHATTERER GOOD-BY AND
STARTED ON Frontispiece

"IS IT REALLY AND TRULY YOU, JOHNNY CHUCK?" HE
CRIED
"HO, HO, HO! THAT'S THE BEST JOKE THIS SPRING!"
SHOUTED JERRY MUSKRAT
WITH A SQUEAL OF RAGE, JOHNNY SPRANG AT THE GRAY
OLD CHUCK
IF POLLY WANTED TO LIVE THERE SHE SHOULD
"HAVE YOU CALLED ON JOHNNY CHUCK AT HIS NEW HOME
YET?" ASKED SAMMY JAY

I
GENTLE SISTER SOUTH WIND ARRIVES
"Good news, good news for every one, above or down below, For
Master Winsome Bluebird's come to whistle off the snow!"
All the Green Meadows and all the Green Forest had heard the news.
Peter Rabbit had seen to that. And just as soon as each of the little
meadow and forest folks heard it, he hurried out to listen for himself
and make sure that it was true. And each, when he heard that sweet
voice of Winsome Bluebird, had kicked up his heels and shouted
"Hurrah!"
You see they all knew that Winsome Bluebird never is very far ahead
of gentle Sister South Wind, and that when she arrives, blustering,
rough Brother North Wind is already on his way back to the cold, cold
land where the ice never melts.
Of course Winsome Bluebird doesn't really whistle off the snow, but
after he comes, the snow disappears so fast that it seems as if he did. It
is surprising what a difference a little good news makes. Of course
nothing had really changed that first day when Winsome Bluebird's
whistle was heard on the Green Meadows and in the Green Forest, but
it seemed as if everything had changed. And it was all because that
sweet whistle was a promise, a promise that every one knew would
come true. And so there was joy in all the hearts on the Green
Meadows and in the Green Forest. Even grim old Granny Fox felt it,
and as for Reddy Fox, why, Reddy even shouted good-naturedly to
Peter Rabbit and hoped he was feeling well.
And then gentle Sister South Wind arrived. She came in the night, and
in the morning there she was, hard at work making the Green Meadows

and the Green Forest ready for Mistress Spring. She broke the icy
bands that had bound the Smiling Pool and the Laughing Brook so