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Title: The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse

Author: Thornton W. Burgess

Illustrator: Harrison Cady

Release Date: November 10, 2016 [EBook #25301]

Language: English


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THE ADVENTURES OF DANNY MEADOW MOUSE

THE ADVENTURES OF
DANNY MEADOW MOUSE
BOOKS BY
THORNTON W. BURGESS
BEDTIME STORY-BOOKS 1. The Adventures of Reddy Fox 2. The Adventures of Johnny Chuck 3. The Adventures of Peter Cottontail 4. The Adventures of Unc’ Billy Possum 5. The Adventures of Mr. Mocker 6. The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat 7. The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse 8. The Adventures of Grandfather Frog 9. The Adventures of Chatterer, the Red Squirrel 10. The Adventures of Sammy Jay 11. The Adventures of Buster Bear 12. The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad 13. The Adventures of Prickly Porky 14. The Adventures of Old Man Coyote 15. The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver 16. The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack 17. The Adventures of Bobby Coon 18. The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk 19. The Adventures of Bob White 20. The Adventures of Ol’ Mistah Buzzard
OLD MOTHER WEST WIND SERIES 1. Old Mother West Wind 2. Mother West Wind’s Children 3. Mother West Wind’s Animal Friends 4. Mother West Wind’s Neighbors 5. Mother West Wind’s “Why” Stories 6. Mother West Wind’s “How” Stories 7. Mother West Wind’s “When” Stories 8. Mother West Wind’s “Where” Stories
GREEN MEADOW SERIES 1. Happy Jack 2. Mrs. Peter Rabbit
bunny and mouse
“I tell you what, you stay right here!” Frontispiece.
See page 57.

BURGESS TRADE QUADDIES MARK

The Bedtime Story-Books
THE ADVENTURES OF
DANNY MEADOW MOUSE


BY
THORNTON W. BURGESS
Author of “The Adventures of Reddy Fox,”
“Old Mother West Wind,” etc.



With Illustrations by
HARRISON CADY




Emblem



BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1919

Copyright, 1915,
By Little, Brown, and Company.

All rights reserved

CONTENTS
doodad
CHAPTER PAGE I. Danny Meadow Mouse is Worried 1 II. Danny Meadow Mouse and His Short Tail 5 III. Danny Meadow Mouse Plays Hide and Seek 9 IV. Old Granny Fox Tries for Danny Meadow Mouse 14 V. What Happened on the Green Meadows 19 VI. Danny Meadow Mouse Remembers and Reddy Fox Forgets 24 VII. Old Granny Fox Tries a New Plan 29 VIII. Brother North Wind Proves a Friend 34 IX. Danny Meadow Mouse is Caught at Last 39 X. A Strange Ride and How It Ended 44 XI. Peter Rabbit Gets a Fright 49 XII. The Old Briar-Patch Has a New Tenant 54 XIII. Peter Rabbit Visits the Peach Orchard 59 XIV. Farmer Brown Sets a Trap 64 XV. Peter Rabbit is Caught in a Snare 69 XVI. Peter Rabbit’s Hard Journey 74 XVII. Danny Meadow Mouse Becomes Worried 79 XVIII. Danny Meadow Mouse Returns a Kindness 84 XIX. Peter Rabbit and Danny Meadow Mouse Live High 89 XX. Timid Danny Meadow Mouse 94 XXI. An Exciting Day for Danny Meadow Mouse 100 XXII. What Happened Next to Danny Meadow Mouse 105 XXIII. Reddy Fox Grows Curious 109 XXIV. Reddy Fox Loses His Temper 114

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I tell you what, you stay right here!” Frontispiece “Got plenty to eat and drink, haven’t you?” continued Mr. Toad PAGE  6 Danny popped his head out of another little doorway and laughed at Reddy “ 12 He was being carried “ 45 Peter knew that Danny was doing something at the other end “ 86 With another frightened squeak, Danny dived into the opening just in time “ 107

THE ADVENTURES OF
DANNY MEADOW MOUSE I
DANNY MEADOW MOUSE IS WORRIED

DANNY MEADOW MOUSE sat on his door-step with his chin in his hands, and it was very plain to see that Danny had something on his mind. He had only a nod for Jimmy Skunk, and even Peter Rabbit could get no more than a grumpy “good morning.” It wasn’t that he had been caught napping the day before by Reddy Fox and nearly made an end of. No, it wasn’t that. Danny had learned his lesson, and Reddy would never catch him again. It wasn’t that he was all alone with no one to play with. Danny was rather glad that he was alone. The fact is, Danny Meadow Mouse was worried.

Now worry is one of the worst things in the world, and it didn’t seem as if there was anything that Danny Meadow Mouse need worry about. But you know it is the easiest thing in the world to find something to worry over and make yourself uncomfortable about. And when you make yourself uncomfortable, you are almost sure to make every one around you equally uncomfortable. It was so with Danny Meadow Mouse. Striped Chipmunk had twice called him “Cross Patch” that morning, and Johnny Chuck, who had fought Reddy Fox for him the day before, had called him “Grumpy.” And what do you think was the matter with Danny Meadow Mouse? Why, he was worrying because his tail is short. Yes, Sir, that is all that ailed Danny Meadow Mouse that bright morning.

You know some people let their looks make them miserable. They worry because they are homely or freckled, or short or tall, or thin or stout, all of which is very foolish. And Danny Meadow Mouse was just as foolish in worrying because his tail is short.

It is short! It certainly is all of that! Danny never had realized how short until he chanced to meet his cousin Whitefoot, who lives in the Green Forest. He was very elegantly dressed, but the most imposing thing about him was his long, slim, beautiful tail. Danny had at once become conscious of his own stubby little tail, and he had hardly had pride enough to hold his head up as became an honest Meadow Mouse. Ever since he had been thinking and thinking, and wondering how his family came to have such short tails. Then he grew envious and began to wish and wish and wish that he could have a long tail like his cousin Whitefoot.

He was so busy wishing that he had a long tail that he quite forgot to take care of the tail he did have, and he pretty nearly lost it and his life with it. Old Whitetail the Marsh Hawk, spied Danny sitting there moping on his door-step, and came sailing over the tops of the meadow grasses so softly that he all but caught Danny. If it hadn’t been for one of the Merry Little Breezes, Danny would have been caught. And all because he was envious. It’s a bad, bad habit.

II
DANNY MEADOW MOUSE AND HIS SHORT TAIL

ALL Danny Meadow Mouse could think about was his short tail. He was so ashamed of it that whenever any one passed, he crawled out of sight so that they should not see how short his tail is. Instead of playing in the sunshine as he used to do, he sat and sulked. Pretty soon his friends began to pass without stopping. Finally one day old Mr. Toad sat down in front of Danny and began to ask questions.

“What’s the matter?” asked old Mr. Toad.

“Nothing,” replied Danny Meadow Mouse.

Danny and Mr Toad talking
“Got plenty to eat and drink, haven’t you?” continued Mr. Toad. Page 6.

“I don’t suppose that there really is anything the matter, but what do you think is the matter?” said old Mr. Toad.

Danny fidgeted, and old Mr. Toad looked up at jolly, round, red Mr. Sun and winked. “Sun is just as bright as ever, isn’t it?” he inquired.

“Yes,” said Danny.

“Got plenty to eat and drink, haven’t you?” continued Mr. Toad.

“Yes,” said Danny.

“Seems to me that that is a pretty good looking suit of clothes you’re wearing,” said Mr. Toad, eyeing Danny critically. “Sunny weather, plenty to eat and drink, and good clothes—must be you don’t know when you’re well off, Danny Meadow Mouse.”

Danny hung his head. Finally he looked up and caught a kindly twinkle in old Mr. Toad’s eyes. “Mr. Toad, how can I get a long tail like my cousin Whitefoot of the Green Forest?” he asked.

“So that’s what’s the matter! Ha! ha! ha! Danny Meadow Mouse, I’m ashamed of you! I certainly am ashamed of you!” said Mr. Toad. “What good would a long tail do you? Tell me that.”

For a minute Danny didn’t know just what to say. “I—I—I’d look so much better if I had a long tail,” he ventured.

Old Mr. Toad just laughed. “You never saw a Meadow Mouse with a long tail, did you? Of course not. What a sight it would be! Why, everybody on the Green Meadows would laugh themselves sick at the sight! You see you need to be slim and trim and handsome to carry a long tail well. And then what a nuisance it would be! You would always have to be thinking of your tail and taking care to keep it out of harm’s way. Look at me. I’m homely. Some folks call me ugly to look at. But no one tries to catch me as Farmer Brown’s boy does Billy Mink because of his fine coat; and no one wants to put me in a cage because of a fine voice. I am satisfied to be just as I am, and if you’ll take my advice, Danny Meadow Mouse, you’ll be satisfied to be just as you are.”

“Perhaps you are right,” said Danny Meadow Mouse after a little. “I’ll try.”

III
DANNY MEADOW MOUSE PLAYS HIDE AND SEEK

LIFE is always a game of hide and seek to Danny Meadow Mouse. You see, he is such a fat little fellow that there are a great many other furry-coated people, and almost as many who wear feathers, who would gobble Danny up for breakfast or for dinner if they could. Some of them pretend to be his friends, but Danny always keeps his eyes open when they are around and always begins to play hide

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