CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I Johnnie Green's Favorite[1]
II Why Johnnie Hurried[6]
III Working for a Prize[11]
IV Owning a Boy[16]
V The Friendly Scarecrow[21]
VI Buffalo Hunts[26]
VII A Little Surprise[31]
VIII It Was a Bear[35]
IX Wearing a Poke[39]
X A Slight Mistake[45]
XI The Unruly Muley[50]
XII The Cowbirds[55]
XIII Truth Will Out[59]
XIV The Muskrats' Warning[65]
XV Carrying a Message[70]
XVI Clover Tops[75]
XVII No Help from Spot[80]
XVIII One Apple Too Many[84]
XIX A Question of Luck[88]
XX Good Corn Wasted[92]
XXI A Brave Deed[97]
XXII Trying to be Fierce[101]
XXIII The Vow of a Cow[106]
XXIV Humbugs[110]

ILLUSTRATIONS

I Hope You Won't Mind," Said the Muley Cow[Frontispiece]
The Muley Cow Explains What a Poke Is[49]
The Muley Cow Tries to Stop Bill Woodchuck[80]
The Muley Cow Upsets Jack O'Lantern[96]

THE TALE OF THE MULEY COW

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