Little Joe Otter
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Little Joe Otter
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THORNTON W. BURGESS
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"Come on, children!" cried Mrs. Joe.
Frontispiece. See page 42.
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Smiling Pool Series
Little
Joe Otter
By
THORNTON W. BURGESS
With Illustrations by
HARRISON CADY
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Grosset & Dunlap
PUBLISHERSNEW YORK
Copyright, 1925,
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS
All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY ARRANGEMENT WITH LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I Little Joe Otter Springs a Surprise1 II Peter Rabbit Goes Looking7 III Little Joe Otter's Home13 IV Peter Rabbit Learns by Sitting Still19 V A School in the Green Forest25 VI The First Swimming Lesson32 VII Great Fun on a Slippery Slide38 VIII Farmer Brown's Boy Has No Luck45 IX A Family Fishing Party51 X A Young Fisherman is Caught57 XI Sammy Jay Calls Farmer Brown's Boy64 XII Peter Rabbit Finds a Queer Trail72 XIII Curiosity Is Satisfied78 XIV The Coasting Party83 XV Little Joe and Mrs. Joe Reach a Decision89 XVI The Fun of Traveling95 XVII Yowler the Bobcat Follows101 XVIII The Smallest Otter Is Wilful106 XIX The Young Otter's Curiosity Is Satisfied112 XX A Very Meek Young Otter118 XXI A Race for Life124 XXII The Clever Trapper130 XXIII The Setting of the Traps136 XXIV Little Joe Otter Is Suspicious141 XXV The Young Otters Are Warned147 XXVI The Foolish Young Otter152 XXVII A Suddenly Lost Appetite158 XXVIII The Price of Freedom163 XXIX The Young Otter Pays the Price168 XXX The Otters Move On173 XXXI A Fish Disappears178 XXXII The Living Heap of Snow183 XXXIII Another Fish Disappears188 XXXIV The Young Otter Learns Where His Fish Went193
ILLUSTRATIONS
- "Come on, children!" cried Mrs. Joe
Frontispiece FACING PAGE - One morning he saw Mrs. Joe out with the two babies
25 - Gentle Mistress Moon saw a queer procession
89 - "Well, son," said he, "what did you see?"
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