Chapter I: Front Matter

SNYTHERGEN

BY
HAL GARROTT

ILLUSTRATIONS BY
DUGALD WALKER

NEW YORK
ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY
1923

Copyright, 1923, by
ROBERT M. MCBRIDE & CO.

First Published, 1923

_Printed in the United States of America._

TO HAL AND JEAN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I SLENDER FOODS AND ROUND FOODS 1

II A TICKLISH TREE 11

III PLAYED ON A MUSICAL SKIRT 21

IV A BIRD AND A TREE PLAY AT HIDE AND SEEK 29

V HOW A PIG LEARNED TO TALK 37

VI THE HOUSE AT THE END OF A ROPE 45

VII BEAR ON ICE 53

VIII A RUNAWAY TREE 65

IX THE DOCTOR DISCOVERS A TREE WITH ST. VITUS’ DANCE 71

X THE BEAR SEES THE “GRASSHOPPER PIG,” HEARS THE
“HUNTSMEN,” AND IS PRESENT AT THE “ESCAPE” 87

XI THE JOURNEY TO THE WREATH—A SPIN IN A HUMMING-TOP—AN
UNKNOWN FRIEND 99

XII ABOARD A FLOATING BEARD 113

XIII THE PIE ROOM—BEAR AGAIN!—SANCHO WING SCOLDS 123

XIV SNYTHERGEN’S TROUBLES 135

XV TOY FOODS 147

XVI HOME 155

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

IN COLOR

“I did not call you over to give me a bath,” cried Squeaky _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

It was inspiring to hear this chorus accompanied by full orchestra 24

The house was left dangling above ground to receive an airing out 46

“Bears should not talk when their mouths are full of food,” said
Santa Claus kindly 128

IN BLACK AND WHITE

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His father would stand on one hand and his mother on the other 5

Like mothers the world over she knew how to sacrifice herself 13

His feet projected out of the window in the butler’s pantry 19

Snythergen cried, “Don’t do that!” 33

To die in her arms would have been a happier lot than leaving her 41

“At least I can relieve his headache” 59

“Stick out your tongue!” 75

He would strike a tree-like pose 83

Then went around again to see if he had overlooked any crumbs 91

“Some unusual weight behind” 101

“The only kind of humming-top to have” 105

“Stop the top, stop the top!” bellowed Squeaky 109

“Squeaky, who is a voice with a pig’s body” 117

The door-man, turning his head sideways, wiggled his left ear 125

A traffic butler stood at hall intersections 141

And squeezed him almost as tightly as the farmer’s wife had done 151