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The Adventures of Johnny Chuck by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
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"Good news, good news for every one, above or down below,
For Master Winsome Bluebird's come to whistle off the snow!"

All the Green Meadows and all the Green Forest had heard the news.
Peter Rabbit had seen to that. And just as soon as each of the little
meadow and forest folks heard it, he hurried out to listen for himself
and make sure that it was true. And each, when he heard that sweet
voice of Winsome Bluebird, had kicked up his heels and shouted
"Hurrah!"

You see they all knew that Winsome Bluebird never is very far ahead of
gentle Sister South Wind, and that when she arrives, blustering, rough
Brother North Wind is already on his way back to the cold, cold land
where the ice never melts.

Of course Winsome Bluebird doesn't really whistle off the snow, but
after he comes, the snow disappears so fast that it seems as if he
did. It is surprising what a difference a little good news makes. Of
course nothing had really changed that first day when Winsome
Bluebird's whistle was heard on the Green Meadows and in the Green
Forest, but it seemed as if everything had changed. And it was all
because that sweet whistle was a promise, a promise that every one
knew would come true. And so there was joy in all the hearts on the
Green Meadows and in the Green Forest. Even grim old Granny Fox felt
it, and as for Reddy Fox, why, Reddy even shouted good-naturedly to
Peter Rabbit and hoped he was feeling well.

And then gentle Sister South Wind arrived. She came in the night, and
in the morning there she was, hard at work making the Green Meadows
and the Green Forest ready for Mistress Spring. She broke the icy
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