CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.THE MEETING[1]
II.THE FROG AND THE TOAD[11]
III.THE ROOK[25]
IV.THE RAT[39]
V.THE HARE[54]
VI.THE GRASS-SNAKE AND ADDER[74]
VII.THE PEEWIT[96]
VIII.THE MOLE[115]
IX.THE WOODPIGEON[143]
X.THE SQUIRREL[166]
XI.THE BARN-OWL[187]
XII.THE LEAVE-TAKING[205]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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“HE MAY HAVE FOUND ANOTHER HARE”[Frontispiece]
“THAT IS WHY I AM SO WISE”[9]
“I SHALL KEEP AWAKE TILL THE RAT COMES”[39]
PAT, PAT, PAT. “DO YOU HEAR?”[41]
“BITE HIM!”[51]
“ALL HAPPY (EXCEPT THE HARE)”[63]
“THERE ARE THREE FROGS IN MY STOMACH AT THIS MOMENT”[79]
“WE MOLES ARE VERY HEROIC”[141]