In a moment more she came bounding back to whisper, "I shouldn't care if you left off the fingers, only make a cunning story, and something I can wead."
Instead of leaving off, I should have to add a great many of Minnie's fingers, to cover the book, which would grow so large, and I couldn't help it, any more than you can when a little bud opens out to a great flower. So, I ask her forgiveness; hoping that she will find, inside of the volume, something "cunning" enough to make her forget the covers.
And now, dear children, if you like my story, you must all thank Minnie C----, to whom it is dedicated, with the heartiest good wishes of
The Author.
CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER | I. | —rodocanachi, | [9] |
| " | II. | —dandelion, | [15] |
| " | III. | —minnie's home, | [21] |
| " | IV. | —minnie and the squirrel, | [26] |
| " | V. | —a squirrel-back ride, | [31] |
| " | VI. | —living in a tree, | [36] |
| " | VII. | —master squirrel, | [40] |
| " | VIII. | —night, | [45] |
| " | IX. | —the new home, | [51] |
| " | X. | —in the woods, | [56] |
| " | XI. | —the squirrel's party, | [60] |
| " | XII. | —by the river, | [63] |
| " | XIII. | —yellow-bird, | [70] |
| " | XIV. | —in a bird's nest, | [75] |
| " | XV. | —minnie and the birds, | [81] |
| " | XVI. | —the squirrel's team, | [87] |
| " | XVII. | —the moonlight dance, | [92] |
| " | XVIII. | —the little nurses, | [96] |
| " | XIX. | —mouse, | [100] |
| " | XX. | —housekeeping, | [104] |
| " | XXI. | —trouble for minnie, | [108] |
| " | XXII. | —trouble still, | [113] |
| " | XXIII. | —free at last, | [118] |
| " | XXIV. | —turtle, | [123] |
| " | XXV. | —minnie's wings, | [127] |
| " | XXVI. | —hide-and-seek, | [130] |
| " | XXVII. | —minnie in prison, | [135] |
| " | XXVIII. | —narrow escapes, | [140] |
| " | XXIX. | —the little seamstress, | [146] |
| " | XXX. | —stork, | [151] |
| " | XXXI. | —the sea-shore, | [156] |
| " | XXXII. | —storm and calm, | [161] |