Chapter I: Front Matter

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TOMMY SMITH’S ANIMALS

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

TOMMY SMITH’S OTHER ANIMALS
JACK’S INSECTS

TOMMY SMITH’S
ANIMALS

BY
EDMUND SELOUS

WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY
G. W. ORD

TWELFTH EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

_First Published_ _October_ _1899_
_Second Edition_ _December_ _1900_
_Third Edition_ _December_ _1902_
_Fourth Edition_ _September_ _1905_
_Fifth Edition_ _April_ _1906_
_Sixth Edition_ _September_ _1906_
_Seventh Edition_ _January_ _1907_
_Eighth Edition_ _April_ _1907_
_Ninth Edition_ _November_ _1907_
_Tenth Edition_ _May_ _1908_
_Eleventh Edition_ _September_ _1909_
_Twelfth Edition_ _September_ _1912_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE MEETING 1

II. THE FROG AND THE TOAD 11

III. THE ROOK 25

IV. THE RAT 39

V. THE HARE 54

VI. THE GRASS-SNAKE AND ADDER 74

VII. THE PEEWIT 96

VIII. THE MOLE 115

IX. THE WOODPIGEON 143

X. THE SQUIRREL 166

XI. THE BARN-OWL 187

XII. THE LEAVE-TAKING 205

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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“HE MAY HAVE FOUND ANOTHER HARE” _Frontispiece_

“THAT IS WHY I AM SO WISE” 9

“I SHALL KEEP AWAKE TILL THE RAT COMES” 39

PAT, PAT, PAT. “DO YOU HEAR?” 41

“BITE HIM!” 51

“ALL HAPPY (EXCEPT THE HARE)” 63

“THERE ARE THREE FROGS IN MY STOMACH AT THIS MOMENT” 79

“WE MOLES ARE VERY HEROIC” 141

TOMMY SMITH’S ANIMALS