E-text prepared by K. Nordquist, Chris Curnow, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 21015-h.htm or 21015-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/1/0/1/21015/21015-h/21015-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/1/0/1/21015/21015-h.zip) A Bedtime Story-Book THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY SKUNK by THORNTON W. BURGESS Illustrations by Harrison Cady [Illustration] Little, Brown and Company Boston Toronto Copyright 1918 by Thornton W. Burgess; Copyright renewed 1946 by Thornton W. Burgess All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Republished in 1987 Printed and Bound in Canada CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Peter Rabbit Plans a Joke 1 II Peter Makes a Flying Jump 7 III What Happened at the Old Barrel 12 IV Jimmy Skunk is Very Mad Indeed 17 V Reddy Fox Sneaks Away 23 VI Peter Rabbit Doesn't Enjoy His Joke 28 VII Sammy Jay Does Some Guessing 33 VIII Jimmy Skunk Looks for Peter 39 IX Jimmy Visits Johnny Chuck's Old House 44 X Peter Rabbit is Most Uncomfortable 50 XI Jimmy Skunk Keeps His Word 55 XII Jimmy Skunk and Unc' Billy Possum Meet 61 XIII Jimmy Skunk Explains 66 XIV A Little Something About Eggs 70 XV A Second Meeting 75 XVI A Matter of Politeness 80 XVII Jimmy Skunk Gets a Bump 85 XVIII A Sad, Sad Quarrel 90 XIX Jimmy Skunk is True to His Word 94 XX Farmer Brown's Boy Arrives 98 XXI The Nest-Egg Gives Unc' Billy Away 103 XXII Unc' Billy Possum Tries His Old Trick 108 XXIII Unc' Billy Gives Himself Away 113 THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY SKUNK I PETER RABBIT PLANS A JOKE The Imp of Mischief, woe is me, Is always busy as a bee.