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Mother West Wind's Children is a collection of fifteen "Why" stories: Why are Peter Rabbit's ears so long? Why does Reddy Fox have no friends? These and more entertaining children's stories all feature in this wonderful volume.

MEADOW MOUSE SMELLS A RAT Grandfather Frog told the story: "Back then there was a great deal of trouble, for someone was stealing -- yes, stealing Mr. Rabbit complained first. But no one really believed what Mr. Rabbit said, for he had a bad name for telling... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Danny Meadow Mouse sat in his doorway and looked down the Lone Little Path across the Green Meadows. Way, way over near the Smiling Pool he could see Old Mother West Wind's Children, the Merry Little Breezes, at play. Sammy Jay was sitting on a fence post. He pretended to be... Read Full Overview

Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 17, 1874 - June 5, 1965) was an American conservationist and author of children's stories. Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years in books and his newspaper column, Bedtime Stories... Read Full Overview

MOTHER WEST WIND'S CHILDREN: ILLUSTRATED EDITION BY THORNTON BURGESS Mother West Wind's Children: You can't fool Mother Nature, as she always knows all that goes on in her Green Meadows as well as her Green Forest. She also understands the good and the bad of all her forest children... Read Full Overview