Chapter I: Front Matter

THE ADVENTURES OF DANNY MEADOW MOUSE

BOOKS BY THORNTON W. BURGESS

BEDTIME STORY-BOOKS

1. THE ADVENTURES OF REDDY FOX
2. THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY CHUCK
3. THE ADVENTURES OF PETER COTTONTAIL
4. THE ADVENTURES OF UNC’ BILLY POSSUM
5. THE ADVENTURES OF MR. MOCKER
6. THE ADVENTURES OF JERRY MUSKRAT
7. THE ADVENTURES OF DANNY MEADOW MOUSE
8. THE ADVENTURES OF GRANDFATHER FROG
9. THE ADVENTURES OF CHATTERER, THE RED SQUIRREL
10. THE ADVENTURES OF SAMMY JAY
11. THE ADVENTURES OF BUSTER BEAR
12. THE ADVENTURES OF OLD MR. TOAD
13. THE ADVENTURES OF PRICKLY PORKY
14. THE ADVENTURES OF OLD MAN COYOTE
15. THE ADVENTURES OF PADDY THE BEAVER
16. THE ADVENTURES OF POOR MRS. QUACK
17. THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY COON
18. THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY SKUNK
19. THE ADVENTURES OF BOB WHITE
20. THE ADVENTURES OF OL’ MISTAH BUZZARD

OLD MOTHER WEST WIND SERIES

1. OLD MOTHER WEST WIND
2. MOTHER WEST WIND’S CHILDREN
3. MOTHER WEST WIND’S ANIMAL FRIENDS
4. MOTHER WEST WIND’S NEIGHBORS
5. MOTHER WEST WIND’S “WHY” STORIES
6. MOTHER WEST WIND’S “HOW” STORIES
7. MOTHER WEST WIND’S “WHEN” STORIES
8. MOTHER WEST WIND’S “WHERE” STORIES

GREEN MEADOW SERIES

1. HAPPY JACK
2. MRS. PETER RABBIT

BURGESS _TRADE_ QUADDIES _MARK_

The Bedtime Story-Books

THE ADVENTURES OF
DANNY MEADOW MOUSE

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
1919

_Copyright, 1915_,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. DANNY MEADOW MOUSE IS WORRIED 1
II. DANNY MEADOW MOUSE AND HIS SHORT TAIL 5
III. DANNY MEADOW MOUSE PLAYS HIDE AND SEEK 9
IV. OLD GRANNY FOX TRIES FOR DANNY MEADOW MOUSE 14
V. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE GREEN MEADOWS 19
VI. DANNY MEADOW MOUSE REMEMBERS AND REDDY FOX FORGETS 24
VII. OLD GRANNY FOX TRIES A NEW PLAN 29
VIII. BROTHER NORTH WIND PROVES A FRIEND 34
IX. DANNY MEADOW MOUSE IS CAUGHT AT LAST 39
X. A STRANGE RIDE AND HOW IT ENDED 44
XI. PETER RABBIT GETS A FRIGHT 49
XII. THE OLD BRIAR-PATCH HAS A NEW TENANT 54
XIII. PETER RABBIT VISITS THE PEACH ORCHARD 59
XIV. FARMER BROWN SETS A TRAP 64
XV. PETER RABBIT IS CAUGHT IN A SNARE 69
XVI. PETER RABBIT’S HARD JOURNEY 74
XVII. DANNY MEADOW MOUSE BECOMES WORRIED 79
XVIII. DANNY MEADOW MOUSE RETURNS A KINDNESS 84
XIX. PETER RABBIT AND DANNY MEADOW MOUSE LIVE HIGH 89
XX. TIMID DANNY MEADOW MOUSE 94
XXI. AN EXCITING DAY FOR DANNY MEADOW MOUSE 100
XXII. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT TO DANNY MEADOW MOUSE 105
XXIII. REDDY FOX GROWS CURIOUS 109
XXIV. REDDY FOX LOSES HIS TEMPER 114

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU STAY RIGHT HERE!” _Frontispiece_
“GOT PLENTY TO EAT AND DRINK, HAVEN’T YOU?” CONTINUED
MR. TOAD PAGE 6
DANNY POPPED HIS HEAD OUT OF ANOTHER LITTLE DOORWAY AND
LAUGHED AT REDDY “ 12
HE WAS BEING CARRIED “ 45
PETER KNEW THAT DANNY WAS DOING SOMETHING AT THE OTHER END “ 86
WITH ANOTHER FRIGHTENED SQUEAK, DANNY DIVED INTO THE OPENING
JUST IN TIME “ 107

THE ADVENTURES OF DANNY MEADOW MOUSE