Thornton W Burgess
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First Self-Righteous Church
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red SquirrelThornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess Farmer Brown laughed a big, hearty laugh. “True enough, Mother!” said he. “The trouble is, they get out of place. Now this little rascal’s place is down in the Green Forest and not up in our corn-crib.” “Then put him back in his right Continue reading
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Singing O’er Her Grave
I’m too old to treat Cinco de Mayo like I did 30 years ago. The Adventures of Mr. MockerThornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess Either he had gotten out of the wrong side of his bed that morning, or his breakfast had disagreed with him, or something had happened to make him lose his temper completely. Continue reading
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Cute Little Heartbreaker
Happy Star Wars Day! Old Granny FoxThornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess But just where the Laughing Brook joins it there was a little place where there was open water. Billy Mink was on the ice at its edge, and just as Reddy got there Billy dived in. A minute later he climbed out with a Continue reading
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On My Honor
Happy Friday The Boy Scouts in A Trapper’s CampThornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess “In the top of this I cut a V or crotch, and after trimming off the lower limbs of the tree I rest it in this crotch so that the butt end projects some distance and is three or four feet above Continue reading
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C’est la vie
Another day without having won the lottery. The Adventures of Johnny ChuckThornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess These spring days were beautiful days on the Green Meadows. It seemed to Johnny Chuck that the Green Meadows never had been so lovely or the songs of the birds so sweet. he had forgotten all about his old Continue reading
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Muzzle to Muzzle Now
Today is officially one third of the way through this Leap Year. The Adventures of Jerry MuskratThornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess He forgot everything but his own surprise, and he blinked his eyes a great many times to make sure that he wasn’t dreaming. Then he sailed around and around in circles, looking down among Continue reading
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Marli
Four complete months down Mrs. Peter RabbitThornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess Perhaps he would have wanted this still more if he had known that it was she who had fooled her father, Old Jed Thumper, the big, gray, old Rabbit, so that Peter might have the long nap on the sunning-bank he so needed. “I’ve Continue reading
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Silent Ways of Wishing Now
120 books and counting The Adventures of Prickly PorkyThornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess Reddy looked at him sharply, but there wasn’t a trace of a smile on Unc’ Billy’s face, and Reddy couldn’t tell whether Unc’ Billy was making fun of him or not. So, there being nothing else to do, he went on. He Continue reading
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You Big Dummy!
Got myself a Discover Pass this morning (for out of staters, that allows access to Washington State Parks, in my case I paid for a year – a mere three uses pays for itself) and did a spontaneous walk on a trail at Twanoh State Park. Actually, it was more like a climb – a Continue reading
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