The Tale of Mrs. Ladybug

by Arthur Scott Bailey

Copyright, 1921, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP

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CONTENTS

Chapter		Page
I	The Polka Dot Lady	[1]
II	Buster's Resolve	[6]
III	Hidden Wings	[11]
IV	Rusty Wren Helps	[16]
V	A Hard Shell	[21]
VI	The Traveler	[26]
VII	A Handsome Stranger	[31]
VIII	Seeking the Truth	[36]
IX	That Carpetbag	[40]
X	A Bit of News	[45]
XI	The New Cousin	[50]
XII	A Queer Way to Help	[55]
XIII	Jennie Junebug	[60]
XIV	Bumps	[65]
XV	Enough!	[71]
XVI	Playing Dead	[76]
XVII	A Brave Gentleman	[80]
XVIII	A Mystery	[84]
XIX	The Dinner Bell	[88]
XX	Fire! Fire!	[93]
XXI	Plans for Winter	[98]
XXII	Mrs. Ladybug Leaves	[103]
XXIII	Back Again	[108]
XXIV	Mrs. Green's Mistake	[112]

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THE TALE OF MRS.
LADYBUG

I
THE POLKA DOT LADY

Little Mrs. Ladybug was a worker. Nobody could deny that. To be sure, she had to stop now and then to talk to her neighbors, because Mrs. Ladybug dearly loved a bit of gossip. At the same time there wasn't anyone in Pleasant Valley that helped Farmer Green more than she did. She tried her hardest to keep the trees in the orchard free from insects.

Some of her less worthy neighbors were known sometimes to say with a sniff, "If Mrs. Ladybug didn't enjoy her work she wouldn't care about helping Farmer Green. If she hadn't such a big appetite she'd stop to chat even more than she does now."