THORNTON W. BURGESS

Author of "The Adventures of Reddy Fox," "Old Mother
West Wind," "Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories," etc.
With Illustrations by

HARRISON CADY

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BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1920


Copyright, 1916,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved


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Buster blinked his greedy little eyes rapidly and
looked again. Frontispiece.


CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I.Buster Bear Goes Fishing[1]
II.Little Joe Otter Gets Even With Buster Bear[7]
III.Buster Bear Is Greatly Puzzled[12]
IV.Little Joe Otter Supplies Buster Bear with a Breakfast[17]
V.Grandfather Frog's Common-sense[22]
VI.Little Joe Otter Takes Grandfather Frog's Advice[27]
VII.Farmer Brown's Boy Has No Luck at All[33]
VIII.Farmer Brown's Boy Feels His Hair Rise[38]
IX.Little Joe Otter Has Great News to Tell[43]
X.Buster Bear Becomes a Hero[48]
XI.Blacky the Crow Tells His Plan[53]
XII.Farmer Brown's Boy and Buster Bear Grow Curious[58]
XIII.Farmer Brown's Boy and Buster Bear Meet[63]
XIV.A Surprising Thing Happens[68]
XV.Buster Bear Is a Fallen Hero[73]
XVI.Chatterer the Red Squirrel Jumps for His Life[78]
XVII.Buster Bear Goes Berrying[83]
XVIII.Somebody Else Goes Berrying[88]
XIX.Buster Bear Has a Fine Time[93]
XX.Buster Bear Carries Off the Pail of Farmer Brown's Boy[99]
XXI.Sammy Jay Makes Things Worse for Buster Bear[104]
XXII.Buster Bear Has a Fit of Temper[110]
XXIII.Farmer Brown's Boy Lunches On Berries[115]


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Buster Blinked His Greedy Little Eyes Rapidly and Looked Again[Frontispiece]
"Here's your trout, Mr. Otter," said he[5]
"You take my advice, Little Joe Otter," continued Grandfather Frog[26]
Reddy glared across the Smiling Pool at Peter[45]
Buster Bear was running away too[71]
Those who could fly, flew. Those who could climb, climbed[112]

[THE ADVENTURES
OF BUSTER BEAR]