CONTENTS

[I.][Happy Jack Squirrel Makes A Find]
[II.][The Stranger From The North]
[III.][Prickly Porky Makes Friends]
[IV.][Peter Rabbit Has Some Startling News]
[V.][Peter Rabbit Tells His Story]
[VI.][Peter Has To Tell His Story Many Times]
[VII.][Jimmy Skunk Calls On Prickly PorkY]
[VIII.][Prickly Porky Nearly Chokes]
[IX.][Jimmy Skunk And Unc' Billy Possum Tell Different Stories]
[X.][Unc' Billy Possum Tells Jimmy Skunk A Secret]
[XI.][What Happened To Reddy Fox]
[XII.][What Reddy Fox Saw And Did]
[XIII.][Reddy Fox Is Very Miserable]
[XIV.][Reddy Fox Tries To Keep Out Of Sight]
[XV.][Old Granny Fox Investigates]
[XVI.][Old Granny Fox Loses Her Dignity]
[XVII.][Granny Fox Catches Peter Rabbit]
[XVIII.][A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed]
[XIX.][Jimmy Skunk Takes Word To Mrs. Peter]
[XX.][A Plot To Frighten Old Man Coyote]
[XXI.][Sammy Jay Delivers His Message]
[XXII.][Old Man Coyote Loses His Appetite]
[XXIII.][Buster Bear Gives It All Away]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "Do Tell Me Quickly What Has Happened To Peter!" Frontispiece
]
["Pooh," Exclaimed Reddy Fox. "Who's Afraid Of That Fellow?"
]
[Then He Braced Himself And Pulled With All His Might
]
[Reddy Wouldn't Have Believed That It Was Alive
]
["Drop Him!" He Grunted
]
["I See You Are Up To Your Old Tricks, Prickly Porky!" He Shouted]

THE ADVENTURES OF PRICKLY PORKY

I

HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL MAKES A FIND

HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL had had a wonderful day. He had found some big chestnut-trees that he had never seen before, and which promised to give him all the nuts he would want for all the next winter. Now he was thinking of going home, for it was getting late in the afternoon. He looked out across the open field where Mr. Goshawk had nearly caught him that morning. His home was on the other side.