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[I] The House in the Pasture[9]
[II] Calling Names[14]
[III] Magic[19]
[IV] The Great Horned Owl[24]
[V] Billy Stands Guard[29]
[VI] Billy Forgets to Whistle[34]
[VII] Green Peas[39]
[VIII] A New Game[44]
[IX] What Happened at Aunt Polly’s[49]
[X] Uncle Jerry Chuck[53]
[XI] Billy Asks for Pay[58]
[XII] What Jimmy Rabbit Saw[62]
[XIII] A Joke on Uncle Jerry[66]
[XIV] Mr. Fox Has an Idea[71]
[XV] “Pop! Goes the Weasel!”[76]
[XVI] The Play-House[81]
[XVII] Billy Brings the Doctor[86]
[XVIII] A Wonderful Stick[91]
[XIX] Mr. Woodchuck Moves[95]
[XX] The Family Escapes[100]
[XXI] At Home in the Woods[104]
[XXII] Ground Hog Day[108]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Billy Woodchuck Often Dug
Holes in the Pasture[Frontispiece]
“Just Crawl Inside that Old
Stump!” Mr. Fox Said[20]
“What’s the Matter?” Billy
Asked[36]
She Took Hold of Billy’s Ear[50]
He Painted Two White Stripes on
Uncle Jerry’s Back[68]
Billy Carried Her Basket of Herbs[88]

THE TALE OF BILLY
WOODCHUCK

I

THE HOUSE IN THE PASTURE

One day, when Johnnie Green tramped over the fields toward the woods, he did not dream that he walked right over somebody’s bedroom. The snow was deep, for it was midwinter. And as Johnnie crossed his father’s pasture he thought only of the fresh rabbit tracks that he saw all about him. He had no way of knowing that beneath the three feet of snow, and as much further below the top of the ground too, there was a snug, cozy little room, where Mr. and Mrs. Woodchuck lay sound asleep on a bed of dried grass.