LEEPY-TIME TALES"
(Trademark Registered)
AND
"TUCK-ME-IN TALES"
(Trademark Registered)
ILLUSTRATED BY
HARRY L. SMITH
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Made in the United States of America
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I JOHNNIE GREEN'S FAVORITE 1
II WHY JOHNNIE HURRIED 6
III WORKING FOR A PRIZE 11
IV OWNING A BOY 16
V THE FRIENDLY SCARECROW 21
VI BUFFALO HUNTS 26
VII A LITTLE SURPRISE 31
VIII IT WAS A BEAR 35
IX WEARING A POKE 39
X A SLIGHT MISTAKE 45
XI THE UNRULY MULEY 50
XII THE COWBIRDS 55
XIII TRUTH WILL OUT 59
XIV THE MUSKRATS' WARNING 65
XV CARRYING A MESSAGE 70
XVI CLOVER TOPS 75
XVII NO HELP FROM SPOT 80
XVIII ONE APPLE TOO MANY 84
XIX A QUESTION OF LUCK 88
XX GOOD CORN WASTED 92
XXI A BRAVE DEED 97
XXII TRYING TO BE FIERCE 101
XXIII THE VOW OF A COW 106
XXIV HUMBUGS 110
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
"I HOPE YOU WON'T MIND," SAID THE MULEY COW _Frontispiece_
THE MULEY COW EXPLAINS WHAT A POKE IS 49
THE MULEY COW TRIES TO STOP BILL WOODCHUCK 80
THE MULEY COW UPSETS JACK O'LANTERN 96
THE TALE OF THE MULEY COW
I
JOHNNIE GREEN'S FAVORITE
A few of the farmyard folk were a bit jealous of the Muley Cow. The
little red lady that stood on one side of her, in the barn, often said
that Johnnie Green was wasting too many goodies on her. It seemed as if
he never entered the cow barn without bringing some tidbit for old
Muley, as her neighbors called her--behind her back. If it wasn't a
potato that Johnnie fished out of his pocket it might be an apple or a
carrot, or maybe a piece of pumpkin, or turnip, or beet.
At such times the little red cow would cast a knowing look at the big
white person on the other side of the Muley Cow, as if to say, "There!
He's at it again! Did you ever, in all your life?" And the big white cow
would twist
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