CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I[How Old King Eagle Won His White Head]3
II[How Old Mr. Mink Taught Himself to Swim]17
III[How Old Mr. Toad Learned to Sing]31
IV[How Old Mr. Crow Lost His Double Tongue]45
V[How Howler the Wolf Got His Name]59
VI[How Old Mr. Squirrel Became Thrifty]73
VII[How Lightfoot the Deer Learned to Jump]87
VIII[How Mr. Flying Squirrel Almost Got Wings]103
IX[How Mr. Weasel Was Made an Outcast]117
X[How the Eyes of Old Mr. Owl Became Fixed]131
XI[How It Happens Johnny Chuck Sleeps All Winter]145
XII[How Old Mr. Otter Learned to Slide]161
XIII[How Drummer the Woodpecker Came by His Red Cap]175
XIV[How Old Mr. Tree Toad Found Out How To Climb]191
XV[How Old Mr. Heron Learned Patience]205
XVI[How Tufty the Lynx Happens to Have a Stump of a Tail]219

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Page
"[Inside Cover]"
"[Caw, caw, caw, caw, caw!" yelled Blacky
at the top of his voice]		Frontispiece
"[Old King Bear, who was king no longer,
would growl a deep, rumbly-grumbly growl]"		64
"[One day Mr. Rabbit surprised Mr. Weasel
making a meal of young mice]"		120
"[His legs were so long and his neck was
so long that all his neighbors laughed at him]"		216