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Title: Bobby of Cloverfield Farm

Author: Helen Fuller Orton

Illustrator: R. Emmett Owen

Release Date: May 1, 2009 [EBook #28652]

Language: English

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BOBBY OF CLOVERFIELD FARM

[Illustration: "'I can't stop to play now. I'm on important business'"]

BOBBY OF CLOVERFIELD FARM

BY

HELEN FULLER ORTON

_Author of "Prince and Rover of Cloverfield Farm"_

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS BY R. EMMETT OWEN_

[Illustration]

NEW YORK

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1922, by_

HELEN FULLER ORTON

_All Rights Reserved_

First Printing, June 17, 1922
Second Printing, November 3, 1922
Third Printing, May 15, 1923
Fourth Printing, April 25, 1924
Fifth Printing, August 26, 1924
Sixth Printing, February 27, 1926
Seventh Printing, April 2, 1927
Eighth Printing, August 1, 1928
Ninth Printing, August 6, 1929
Tenth Printing, January 31, 1931
Eleventh Printing, August 10, 1933

_Printed in the United States of America_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I WHAT ROBIN REDBREAST KNEW 1

II BOBBY'S KITE 10

III THE OLD BROWN HEN 21

IV THE SHEEP WASHING 29

V THE SHEEP SHEARING 38

VI RED TOP 46

VII HAYING TIME 54

VIII ON TOP OF THE WORLD 63

IX BOBBY FORGETS 69

X ROVER GOES TO THE STORE 76

XI THE DUCKS A-SWIMMING GO 85

XII THE RESCUE 91

XIII BOBBY'S HORSEBACK RIDE 98

XIV THE BIG SOUTH WINDOW 105

XV ONE STORMY NIGHT 119

ILLUSTRATIONS

"'I can't stop to play now, I'm on important business'" _Frontispiece_