Old Mother West Wind by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
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page 52 of 72 (72%)
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"Johnny Chuck, Chuck, Chuck! Johnny Woodchuck!" called Jimmy
Skunk once more. But Johnny Chuck just snored. Then Jimmy Skunk called again, this time louder than before. "Who is it?" asked a very sleepy voice. "It's Jimmy Skunk. Put your coat on and come up here!" called Jimmy Skunk. "Go away, Jimmy Skunk. I want to sleep!" said Johnny Chuck. "I've got a surprise for you, Johnny Chuck. You'd better come!" called Jimmy Skunk through the little hole he had made. When Johnny Chuck heard that Jimmy Skunk had a surprise for him he wanted to know right away what it could be, so though he was very, very sleepy, he put on his coat and started up for his door to see what the surprise was that Jimmy Skunk had. And there he found the big stone Reddy Fox and Bobby Coon had put there, and of course he was very much surprised indeed. He thought Jimmy Skunk had played him a mean trick and for a few minutes he was very mad. But Jimmy Skunk soon told him who had filled up his doorway with the big stone. "Now you push from that side, Johnny Chuck, and I'll pull from this side, and we'll soon have this big stone out of your doorway," said Jimmy Skunk. So Johnny Chuck pushed and Jimmy Skunk pulled, and sure enough |
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