GROSSET & DUNLAP

Publishers New York
Printed by arrangement with Little, Brown, and Company
Copyright, 1920,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
All rights reserved

Dedication
TO THE CHILD'S LOVING PLAYMATE,
LOYAL PROTECTOR
AND STAUNCH ALLY
—THE DOG,
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

CONTENTS
I[OLD MAN COYOTE LEADS BOWSER AWAY]
II[OLD MAN COYOTE PLAYS A TRICK]
III[WHAT HAPPENED TO BOWSER]
IV[POOR BOWSER]
V[BOWSER SPENDS A BAD NIGHT]
VI[THE SURPRISE OF BLACKY THE CROW]
VII[BLACKY THE CROW TAKES PITY ON BOWSER]
VIII[HOW BLACKY THE CROW HELPED BOWSER]
IX[OLD MAN COYOTE GIVES OUT DARK HINTS]
X[HOW REDDY FOX INVESTIGATED]
XI[A LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESS]
XII[THE CLEVERNESS OF OLD MAN COYOTE]
XIII[THE MISCHIEVOUS LITTLE NIGHT BREEZE]
XIV[THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE]
XV[REDDY'S FORLORN CHANCE]
XVI[WHY REDDY WENT WITHOUT A CHICKEN DINNER]
XVII[FARMER BROWN'S BOY DROPS A PAN OF CORN]
XVIII[MUTUAL RELIEF]
XIX[WHERE WAS BOWSER THE HOUND?]
XX[WHERE BOWSER WAS]
XXI[BOWSER BECOMES A PRISONER]
XXII[FARMER BROWN'S BOY LOOKS IN VAIN]
XXIII[BOWSER'S GREAT VOICE]
XXIV[BLACKY TRIES TO GET HELP]
XXV[BLACKY CALLS ON REDDY FOX]
XXVI[RED WITS AND BLACK WITS]
XXVII[THE ARTFULNESS OF BLACKY]
XXVIII[REDDY FOX DREAMS OF CHICKENS]
XXIX[REDDY TRIES TO AROUSE BLACKY'S PITY]
XXX[BLACKY THE CROW IS ALL PITY]
XXXI[BLACKY IS MUCH PLEASED WITH HIMSELF]
XXXII[BLACKY WAITS FOR REDDY]
XXXIII[REDDY WATCHES THE FAT HENS]
XXXIV[PATIENCE AND IMPATIENCE]
XXXV[THINGS HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE]
XXXVI[REDDY HIDES THE FAT HEN]
XXXVII[FARMER BROWN'S BOY HAS A GLAD SURPRISE]
XXXVIII[REDDY GOES BACK FOR HIS FAT HEN]
XXXIX[A VANISHED DINNER]
XL[WHERE WAS REDDY'S DINNER?]
XLI[WHAT BLACKY THE CROW SAW]
XLII[ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
["As I live," he muttered, "that is Bowser the Hound!"]
[Over at the gate of Farmer Brown's henyard he could see a dark form]
[Somewhere not very far ahead of him was a house]
[On broad wings it sailed over to that hollow stump]