Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 14375-h.htm or 14375-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/3/7/14375/14375-h/14375-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/3/7/14375/14375-h.zip) The Bedtime Story-Books THE ADVENTURES OF GRANDFATHER FROG by THORNTON W. BURGESS Author of _The Adventures of Reddy Fox_, _Old Mother West Wind_, etc. With Illustrations by HARRISON CADY Boston Little, Brown, and Company 1920 [Illustration: "Have a nice nap?" inquired Jerry, with a broad grin. (Frontispiece)] CONTENTS CHAPTER I. BILLY MINK FINDS LITTLE JOE OTTER II. LONGLEGS THE BLUE HERON RECEIVES CALLERS III. LONGLEGS VISITS THE SMILING POOL IV. THE PATIENCE OF LONGLEGS THE BLUE HERON V. GRANDFATHER FROG JUMPS JUST IN TIME VI. LONGLEGS AND WHITETAIL QUARREL VII. GRANDFATHER FROG'S BIG MOUTH GETS HIM IN TROUBLE VIII. SPOTTY THE TURTLE PLAYS DOCTOR IX. OLD MR. TOAD VISITS GRANDFATHER FROG X. GRANDFATHER FROG STARTS OUT TO SEE THE GREAT WORLD XI. GRANDFATHER FROG IS STUBBORN XII. GRANDFATHER FROG KEEPS ON XIII. DANNY MEADOW MOUSE FEELS RESPONSIBLE XIV. GRANDFATHER FROG HAS A STRANGE RIDE XV. GRANDFATHER FROG GIVES UP HOPE XVI. THE MERRY LITTLE BREEZES WORK HARD XVII. STRIPED CHIPMUNK CUTS THE STRING XVIII. GRANDFATHER FROG HURRIES AWAY XIX. GRANDFATHER FROG JUMPS INTO MORE TROUBLE XX. GRANDFATHER FROG LOSES HEART XXI. THE MERRY LITTLE BREEZES TRY TO COMFORT GRANDFATHER FROG XXII. GRANDFATHER FROG'S TROUBLES GROW XXIII. THE DEAR OLD SMILING POOL ONCE MORE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "HAVE A NICE NAP?" INQUIRED JERRY, WITH A BROAD GRIN "THANK YOU," SAID LONGLEGS. "I BELIEVE I HAVE AN ERRAND UP THAT WAY" AS SOON AS THEY SAW GRANDFATHER FROG, THEY BEGAN TO LAUGH, TOO "YOU WON'T SEE MUCH OF THE GREAT WORLD IF YOU JUMP LIKE THAT EVERY TIME YOU GET A SCARE," SAID DANNY HE SEIZED THE OTHER END OF THE STRING AND BEGAN TO PULL "THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M AFRAID OF!" CROAKED GRANDFATHER FROG THE ADVENTURES OF GRANDFATHER FROG I BILLY MINK FINDS LITTLE JOE OTTER Billy Mink ran around the edge of the Smiling Pool and turned down by the Laughing Brook. His eyes twinkled with mischief, and he hurried as only Billy can. As he passed Jerry Muskrat's house, Jerry saw him. "Hi, Billy Mink! Where are you going in such a hurry this fine morning?" he called. "To find Little Joe Otter. Have you seen anything of him?" replied Billy. "No," said Jerry. "He's probably down to the Big River fishing. I heard him say last night that he was going." "Thanks," said Billy Mink, and without waiting to say more he was off like a little brown flash.