Chapter I: Front Matter

THE TALE OF
DADDY LONGLEGS

_TUCK-ME-IN TALES_
(Trademark Registered)

BY
ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY

AUTHOR OF
SLEEPY-TIME TALES
(Trademark Registered)

THE TALE OF JOLLY ROBIN
THE TALE OF OLD MR. CROW
THE TALE OF SOLOMON OWL
THE TALE OF JASPER JAY
THE TALE OF RUSTY WREN
THE TALE OF DADDY LONGLEGS
THE TALE OF KIDDIE KATYDID
THE TALE OF BUSTER BUMBLEBEE
THE TALE OF FREDDIE FIREFLY
THE TALE OF BETSY BUTTERFLY
THE TALE OF BOBBY BOBOLINK
THE TALE OF CHIRPY CRICKET
THE TALE OF MRS. LADYBUG
THE TALE OF REDDY WOODPECKER
THE TALE OF GRANDMOTHER GOOSE

_TUCK-ME-IN TALES_
(Trademark Registered)

THE TALE OF
DADDY
LONGLEGS

BY
ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY

Author of
"SLEEPY-TIME TALES"
(Trademark Registered)

ILLUSTRATED BY
HARRY L. SMITH

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1918, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP

CONTENTS

CHAPTER Page

I. THE STRANGE TRACKS 1
II. THE NEW NEIGHBOR 7
III. MR. CROW IS DISPLEASED 12
IV. THE CONTEST 16
V. TOO MANY QUESTIONS 21
VI. MRS. LADYBUG'S PLAN 27
VII. TRYING TO HELP 31
VIII. IN NEED OF NEW SHOES 37
IX. LOCKED IN 42
X. A RIDE BY MOONLIGHT 47
XI. THE BIG WIND 53
XII. GOOD NEWS ON A BAD DAY 58
XIII. A DANGEROUS BUSINESS 62
XIV. ONE WAY TO STOP A HORSE 67
XV. A CALL ON A NEIGHBOR 72
XVI. BOASTFUL TALK 76
XVII. DADDY IS ATTACKED 81
XVIII. THE ANT ARMY 85
XIX. DADDY ESCAPES 90
XX. LOST--A JACKKNIFE! 95
XXI. JUST A NOTION 99
XXII. WHY DADDY WAS CHANGED 105
XXIII. A NEW NAME FOR DADDY 111
XXIV. A BRIDEGROOM 115

THE TALE OF DADDY LONGLEGS