THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY CHUCK

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. GENTLE SISTER SOUTH WIND ARRIVES

II. JOHNNY CHUCK RECEIVES CALLERS

III. THE SINGERS OF THE SMILING POOL

IV. JOHNNY CHUCK FINDS OUT WHO THE SWEET SINGERS ARE

V. JOHNNY CHUCK BECOMES DISSATISFIED

VI. JOHNNY CHUCK TURNS TRAMP

VII. JOHNNY'S FIRST ADTENTURE

VIII. JOHNNY HAS ANOTHER ADVENTURE

IX. ANOTHER STRANGE CHUCK

X. WHY JOHNNY CHUCK DIDN'T FIGHT

XI. THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD
XII. JOHNNY CHUCK PROVES HIS LOVE

XIII. POLLY AND JOHNNY CHUCK GO HOUSE HUNTING

XIV. A NEW HOME AT LAST

XV. SAMMY JAY FINDS THE NEW HOME

XVI. SAMMY JAY PLANS MISCHIEF

XVII. MORE MISCHIEF

XVIII. FARMER BROWN'S BOY MAKES A DISCOVERY

XIX. JOHNNY CHUCK'S PRIDE

XX. SAMMY JAY UNDERSTANDS

XXI. SAMMY JAY HAS A CHANGE OF HEART

XXII. JOHNNY CHUCK IS KEPT BUSY

XXIII. THE SCHOOL IN THE OLD ORCHARD

XXIV. SAMMY JAY PROVES THAT HE IS NOT ALL BAD




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

JOHNNY CHUCK BADE CHATTERER GOOD-BY AND STARTED ON Frontispiece

"IS IT REALLY AND TRULY YOU, JOHNNY CHUCK?" HE CRIED

"HO, HO, HO! THAT'S THE BEST JOKE THIS SPRING!" SHOUTED JERRY MUSKRAT

WITH A SQUEAL OF RAGE, JOHNNY SPRANG AT THE GRAY OLD CHUCK

IF POLLY WANTED TO LIVE THERE SHE SHOULD

"HAVE YOU CALLED ON JOHNNY CHUCK AT HIS NEW HOME YET?" ASKED SAMMY JAY




I

GENTLE SISTER SOUTH WIND ARRIVES


"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.