. Mother West Wind "when" stories . N BOB WHITE WON His NAME 119 X. WHEN TEENY-WEENY BECAME GRATEFUL .... 133XI. WHEN OLD MR. HARE BECAME A TURNCOAT .... 147 XII. WHEN GREAT-GRANDFATHER SWIFT FIRST USED A CHIMNEY 161 viii CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE XIII. WHEN PETER RABBIT FIRST MET BLUFFER THE ADDER . 177 XIV. WHEN MR. WOOD MOUSE LEARNED FROM THE BIRDS . . 191 XV. WHEN MR. HUMMINGBIRD GOT His LONG BILL .... 205XVI. WHEN OLD MR. BAT GOT His WINGS 221 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE 11 THE OTHER BIRDS LAUGHED AT HIM BE-CAUSE HE WAS so TINY : Frontispiece WINSOME BLUEBIRD is THE HERALD OF SWEET MISTRESS SP
. Mother West Wind "when" stories . N BOB WHITE WON His NAME 119 X. WHEN TEENY-WEENY BECAME GRATEFUL .... 133XI. WHEN OLD MR. HARE BECAME A TURNCOAT .... 147 XII. WHEN GREAT-GRANDFATHER SWIFT FIRST USED A CHIMNEY 161 viii CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE XIII. WHEN PETER RABBIT FIRST MET BLUFFER THE ADDER . 177 XIV. WHEN MR. WOOD MOUSE LEARNED FROM THE BIRDS . . 191 XV. WHEN MR. HUMMINGBIRD GOT His LONG BILL .... 205XVI. WHEN OLD MR. BAT GOT His WINGS 221 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE 11 THE OTHER BIRDS LAUGHED AT HIM BE-CAUSE HE WAS so TINY : Frontispiece WINSOME BLUEBIRD is THE HERALD OF SWEET MISTRESS SPRING ... 3 THE BIGGER PEOPLE WOULD HAVE NOTHINGTO DO WITH HIM BECAUSE THEY WEREASHAMED OF HIM . . .68 Do^fT TRY TO SWALLOW HIM, PETER! SAID HE ...... 78 HE SHOT DOWN AND DISAPPEARED WITH A TINKLING LITTLE SPLASH . .93 I CANT KEEP UP WITH THESE PESKY BUGS/ SAID HE . . 128 MR. HARE WAS TOO SWIFT OF FOOT FOR HIM ...... 154 JTMMY REACHED OUT AND POKED HIM, BUT MR. SNAKE DIDNT MOVE 182 WHEN MR. BLUEBIRD WON HISBEAUTIFUL COAT. Winsome Bluebird is the herald of sweet Mistress Spring. Page 3. MOTHER WEST WINDWHEN STORIES WHEN MR. BLUEBIRD WON HIS BEAUTIFUL COAT OF all the joyous sounds of all theyear there is none more lovedby Peter Rabbit, and the restof us for that matter, than the softwhistle of Winsome Bluebird in thespring. The first time Peter hears it healways jumps up in the air, kicks hislong heels together, and does a funnylittle dance of pure joy, for he knowsthat Winsome Bluebird is the herald ofsweet Mistress Spring, and that she is 4 MOTHER WEST WIND WHEN1 STORIES not far behind him. It is the end of theshivery, sad time and the beginning ofthe happy, glad time, and Peter re-joices when he hears that sweet, softvoice which is sometimes so hard to lo-cate, seeming to come from everywhereand nowhere. So Peter loves Winsome Bluebirdand never tires of seeing him know he wears a very, very beau-tiful coat of blue, the blue of the skywhen it is softest, and you love t
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