Old Mother West Wind by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
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page 51 of 72 (70%)
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"I know," said Reddy Fox. "Let's roll that big stone right over
Johnny Chuck's doorway; then he'll have to dig his way out in the morning." So Bobby Coon and Reddy Fox pulled and tugged and tugged and pulled at the big stone till they had rolled it over Johnny Chuck's doorway. Jimmy Skunk pretended not to see what they were doing. "Now let's go down to the Laughing Brook and wake up old Grandfather Frog and hear him say 'Chug-a-rum,'" said Bobby Coon. "Come on!" cried Reddy Fox, "I'll get there first!" Away raced Reddy Fox down the Lone Little Path and after him ran Bobby Coon, going to wake old Grandfather Frog from a nice comfortable sleep on his green lily pad. But Jimmy Skunk didn't go. He watched Reddy Fox and Bobby Coon until they were nearly to the Laughing Brook. Then he began to dig at one side of the big stone which filled the doorway of Johnny Chuck's house. My, how he made the dirt fly! Pretty soon he had made a hole big enough to call through to Johnny Chuck, who was snoring away, fast asleep in his snug little bed below. "Johnny Chuck, Chuck, Chuck! Johnny Woodchuck!" called Jimmy Skunk. But Johnny Chuck just snored. |
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