The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk

by Thornton W. Burgess

E-text prepared by K. Nordquist, Chris Curnow,
and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
(http://www.pgdp.net)

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A BEDTIME STORY-BOOK THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY SKUNK THORNTON W. BURGESS

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A BEDTIME STORY-BOOK THE ADVENTURES OF Jimmy SKUNK THORNTON W. BURGESS LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY BOSTON TORONTO

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Copyright 1918 by Thornton W. Burgess;
Copyright renewed 1946 by Thornton W. Burgess

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.

Republished in 1987

Illustrations by Harrison Cady

PRINTED AND BOUND IN CANADA

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Contents

CHAPTER			PAGE
I		Peter Rabbit Plans a Joke	[1]
II		Peter Makes a Flying Jump	[7]
III		What Happened at the Old Barrel	[12]
IV		Jimmy Skunk is Very Mad Indeed	[17]
V		Reddy Fox Sneaks Away	[23]
VI		Peter Rabbit Doesn't Enjoy His Joke	[28]
VII		Sammy Jay Does Some Guessing	[33]
VIII		Jimmy Skunk Looks for Peter	[39]
IX		Jimmy Visits Johnny Chuck's Old House	[44]
X		Peter Rabbit is Most Uncomfortable	[50]
XI		Jimmy Skunk Keeps His Word	[55]
XII		Jimmy Skunk and Unc' Billy Possum Meet	[61]
XIII		Jimmy Skunk Explains	[66]
XIV		A Little Something About Eggs	[70]
XV		A Second Meeting	[75]
XVI		A Matter of Politeness	[80]
XVII		Jimmy Skunk Gets a Bump	[85]
XVIII		A Sad, Sad Quarrel	[90]
XIX		Jimmy Skunk is True to His Word	[94]
XX		Farmer Brown's Boy Arrives	[98]
XXI		The Nest-Egg Gives Unc' Billy Away	[103]
XXII		Unc' Billy Possum Tries His Old Trick	[108]
XXIII		Unc' Billy Gives Himself Away	[113]

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