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The Tale of Rusty Wren By: Arthur Scott Bailey (1877-1949) |
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ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY [Illustration] Tuck Me In Tales (Trademark Registered) [Illustration: "It's All Right," Said Solomon] [Illustration: The Ant Soldiers Rushed at Daddy] [Illustration: Mrs. Ladybug Directs Mr. Potato Bug.] [Illustration: "What's The Joke?" Asked Rusty Wren] [Illustration: Jasper Shrieked at the Top of His Voice] [Illustration: "This Boy's Stuck Fast In Our Door!"] [Illustration: Betsy Listened With Amazement to Mrs. Ladybug.] [Illustration: Jolly Robin And Jimmy Rabbit Inspect The Snow Man] THE TALE OF RUSTY WREN Tuck Me In Tales (Trademark Registered) BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY Author Of Sleepy Time Tales (Trademark Registered) THE TALE OF JOLLY ROBIN THE TALE OF OLD MR. CROW THE TALE OF SOLOMON OWL THE TALE OF JASPER JAY THE TALE OF RUSTY WREN THE TALE OF DADDY LONGLEGS THE TALE OF KIDDIE KATYDID THE TALE OF BUSTER BUMBLEBEE THE TALE OF FREDDIE FIREFLY THE TALE OF BETSY BUTTERFLY THE TALE OF BOBBY BOBOLINK THE TALE OF CHIRPY CRICKET THE TALE OF MRS. LADYBUG THE TALE OF REDDY WOODPECKER THE TALE OF GRANDMOTHER GOOSE [Illustration: "That Won't Do," Said Rusty Wren Frontispiece ( Page 2 )] Tuck Me In Tales (Registered Trademark) THE TALE OF RUSTY WREN by ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY Author of "Sleepy Time Tales" (Registered Trademark) Illustrated by Harry L. Smith New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers Made in the United States of America Copyright, 1917, by Grosset & Dunlap CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. A PLEASANT HOME 1 II. JOHNNIE GREEN'S IDEA 6 III. THE ALARM CLOCK 11 IV. RUSTY IS JEALOUS 16 V. THE NEW BIRD 21 VI. MR. CROW TO THE RESCUE 27 VII. A NEAT HOUSEKEEPER 33 VIII. RUSTY IN TROUBLE 38 IX. ALL'S WELL AGAIN 42 X. BAD NEWS 47 XI. THE NOISE ON THE ROOF 52 XII. THE UNWELCOME VISITOR 57 XIII. BOY WANTED! 62 XIV. TOO MANY CALLERS 67 XV. MR. CHIPPY'S SON 72 XVI. THE ACCIDENT 77 XVII. HELP! HELP! 82 XVIII. THE PUZZLE 87 XIX. A FRIEND, INDEED 92 XX. AN INVITATION 99 XXI. OFF TO BLACK CREEK 104 XXII. THE FORGOTTEN GUEST 109 XXIII. A STRANGE MISTAKE 114 THE TALE OF RUSTY WREN I A PLEASANT HOME Now, Rusty Wren had found and shown to his wife a hollow apple tree and a hole in a fence rail, either of which he thought would make a pleasant place in which to live. But since the little couple were house wrens , Rusty's wife said she thought that they oughtn't to be so far from the farmhouse. "Why not build our nest behind one of the shutters?" she suggested. But Rusty shook his head quickly and with decision. "That won't do," said he. "Somebody might come to the window and close the shutter; and then our nest would fall to the ground. And if we happened to have six or eight eggs in it, you know you wouldn't like that very well." Rusty's wife agreed with him on that point. But she still insisted that she wanted to live near the farmhouse; and she said that she expected her husband to find a good spot for their nest, for she certainly wasn't going to spend the summer in a hole in a fence rail, or in an old apple tree, either. Rusty Wren saw at once that there was no sense in arguing with her. If he wanted any peace, he knew that he might as well forget the old hollow apple tree and the hole in the fence rail too. He had better forget them and resume his search for a home. So he gave his plump little cinnamon colored body a shake and held his tail at even a higher angle than usual, just to show people that he was going to be the head of the house when they should have one... Continue reading book >>
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