CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. HOW OLD KING EAGLE WON HIS WHITE HEAD 3
II. HOW OLD MR. MINK TAUGHT HIMSELF TO SWIM 17
III. HOW OLD MR. TOAD LEARNED TO SING 31
IV. HOW OLD MR. CROW LOST HIS DOUBLE TONGUE 45
V. HOW HOWLER THE WOLF GOT HIS NAME 59
VI. HOW OLD MR. SQUIRREL BECAME THRIFTY 73
VII. HOW LIGHTFOOT THE DEER LEARNED TO JUMP 87
VIII. HOW MR. FLYING SQUIRREL ALMOST GOT WINGS 103
IX. HOW MR. WEASEL WAS MADE AN OUTCAST 117
X. HOW THE EYES OF OLD MR. OWL BECAME FIXED 131
XI. HOW IT HAPPENS JOHNNY CHUCK SLEEPS ALL WINTER 145
XII. HOW OLD MR. OTTER LEARNED TO SLIDE 161
XIII. HOW DRUMMER THE WOODPECKER CAME BY HIS RED CAP 175
XIV. HOW OLD MR. TREE TOAD FOUND OUT HOW TO CLIMB 191
XV. HOW OLD MR. HERON LEARNED PATIENCE 205
XVI. HOW TUFTY THE LYNX HAPPENS TO HAVE A STUMP OF A TAIL 219
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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"CAW, CAW, CAW, CAW, CAW!" YELLED BLACKY
AT THE TOP OF HIS VOICE _Frontispiece_
"OLD KING BEAR, WHO WAS KING NO LONGER,
WOULD GROWL A DEEP, RUMBLY-GRUMBLY GROWL" 64
"ONE DAY MR. RABBIT SURPRISED MR. WEASEL
MAKING A MEAL OF YOUNG MICE" 120
"HIS LEGS WERE SO LONG AND HIS NECK WAS SO
LONG THAT ALL HIS NEIGHBORS LAUGHED AT HIM" 216
I
HOW OLD KING EAGLE WON HIS WHITE HEAD
MOTHER WEST WIND "HOW" STORIES
I
HOW OLD KING EAGLE WON HIS WHITE HEAD
Peter Rabbit sat on the edge of the dear Old Briar-patch, staring up
into the sky with his head tipped back until it made his neck ache. Way,
way up in the sky was a black speck sailing across the snowy white face
of a cloud. It didn't seem possible that it could be alive way up there.
But it was. Peter knew that it was, and he knew who it was. It was King
Eagle. By and by it disappeared over towards the Great Mountain. Peter
rubbed the back of his neck, which ached because he had tipped his head
back so long. Then he gave a little sigh.
"I wonder what it seems like to be able to fly like that," said he out
loud, a way he sometimes has.
"Are you envious?" asked a voice so close to him that Peter jumped.
There was Sammy Jay sitting in a little tree just over his head.
