Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY CHUCK THE BEDTIME STORY BOOKS By Thornton W. Burgess Author of “Old Mother West Wind,” “The Adventures of Reddy Fox,” etc. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. GENTLE SISTER SOUTH WIND ARRIVES II. JOHNNY CHUCK RECEIVES CALLERS III. THE SINGERS OF THE SMILING POOL IV. JOHNNY CHUCK FINDS OUT WHO THE SWEET SINGERS ARE V. JOHNNY CHUCK BECOMES DISSATISFIED VI. JOHNNY CHUCK TURNS TRAMP VII. JOHNNY'S FIRST ADTENTURE VIII. JOHNNY HAS ANOTHER ADVENTURE IX. ANOTHER STRANGE CHUCK X. WHY JOHNNY CHUCK DIDN'T FIGHT XI. THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD XII. JOHNNY CHUCK PROVES HIS LOVE XIII. POLLY AND JOHNNY CHUCK GO HOUSE HUNTING XIV. A NEW HOME AT LAST XV. SAMMY JAY FINDS THE NEW HOME XVI. SAMMY JAY PLANS MISCHIEF XVII. MORE MISCHIEF XVIII. FARMER BROWN'S BOY MAKES A DISCOVERY XIX. JOHNNY CHUCK'S PRIDE XX. SAMMY JAY UNDERSTANDS XXI. SAMMY JAY HAS A CHANGE OF HEART XXII. JOHNNY CHUCK IS KEPT BUSY XXIII. THE SCHOOL IN THE OLD ORCHARD XXIV. SAMMY JAY PROVES THAT HE IS NOT ALL BAD LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (not available in this file) JOHNNY CHUCK BADE CHATTERER GOOD-BY AND STARTED ON Frontispiece “IS IT REALLY AND TRULY YOU, JOHNNY CHUCK?” HE CRIED “HO, HO, HO! THAT'S THE BEST JOKE THIS SPRING!” SHOUTED JERRY MUSKRAT WITH A SQUEAL OF RAGE, JOHNNY SPRANG AT THE GRAY OLD CHUCK IF POLLY WANTED TO LIVE THERE SHE SHOULD “HAVE YOU CALLED ON JOHNNY CHUCK AT HIS NEW HOME YET?” ASKED SAMMY JAY I. GENTLE SISTER SOUTH WIND ARRIVES “Good news, good news for every one, above or down below, For Master Winsome Bluebird's come to whistle off the snow!” All the Green Meadows and all the Green Forest had heard the news. Peter Rabbit had seen to that. And just as soon as each of the little meadow and forest folks heard it, he hurried out to listen for himself and make sure that it was true. And each, when he heard that sweet voice of Winsome Bluebird, had kicked up his heels and shouted “Hurrah!” You see they all knew that Winsome Bluebird never is very far ahead of gentle Sister South Wind, and that when she arrives, blustering, rough Brother North Wind is already on his way back to the cold, cold land where the ice never melts.