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Title: The Adventures of Paddy Beaver

Author: Thornton W. Burgess

Illustrator: Harrison Cody

Release Date: August 21, 2006 [EBook #19092]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Paddy pretended to be terribly frightened. _Page 80_.]

THE
ADVENTURES OF

Paddy
BEAVER

THORNTON W. BURGESS

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
BOSTON TORONTO

Copyright 1917 by Thornton W. Burgess

_Illustrations by Harrison Cody_

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I PADDY THE BEAVER BEGINS WORK

II PADDY PLANS A POND

III PADDY HAS MANY VISITORS

IV SAMMY JAY SPEAKS HIS MIND

V PADDY KEEPS HIS PROMISE

VI FARMER BROWN'S BOY GROWS
CURIOUS

VII FARMER BROWN'S BOY GETS ANOTHER
SURPRISE

VIII PETER RABBIT GETS A DUCKING

IX PADDY PLANS A HOUSE

X PADDY STARTS HIS HOUSE

XI PETER RABBIT AND JERRY MUSKRAT
ARE PUZZLED

XII JERRY MUSKRAT LEARNS SOMETHING

XIII THE QUEER STOREHOUSE

XIV A FOOTPRINT IN THE MUD

XV SAMMY JAY MAKES PADDY A CALL

XVI OLD MAN COYOTE IS VERY CRAFTY

XVII OLD MAN COYOTE IS DISAPPOINTED

XVIII OLD MAN COYOTE TRIES ANOTHER
PLAN

XIX PADDY AND SAMMY JAY BECOME
FRIENDS

XX SAMMY JAY OFFERS TO HELP PADDY

XXI PADDY AND SAMMY JAY WORK TOGETHER

XXII PADDY FINISHES HIS HARVEST

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THE ADVENTURES OF PADDY THE BEAVER

I

PADDY THE BEAVER BEGINS WORK

Work, work all the night
While the stars are shining bright;
Work, work all the day;
I have got no time to play.

This little rhyme Paddy the Beaver made up as he toiled at building the
dam which was to make the pond he so much desired deep in the Green
Forest. Of course it wasn't quite true, that about