Chapter I: Front Matter

_Kneetime Animal Stories_

TOTO
THE BUSTLING BEAVER

HIS MANY ADVENTURES

BY
RICHARD BARNUM

Author of “Squinty, the Comical Pig,” “Tum Tum, the
Jolly Elephant,” “Sharp Eyes, the Silver Fox,”
“Tamba, the Tame Tiger,” “Nero,
the Circus Lion,” Etc.

_ILLUSTRATED BY
WALTER S. ROGERS_

NEW YORK
BARSE & HOPKINS
PUBLISHERS

KNEETIME ANIMAL STORIES

By Richard Barnum

_Large 12mo. Illustrated._

SQUINTY, THE COMICAL PIG.
SLICKO, THE JUMPING SQUIRREL.
MAPPO, THE MERRY MONKEY.
TUM TUM, THE JOLLY ELEPHANT.
DON, A RUNAWAY DOG.
DIDO, THE DANCING BEAR.
BLACKIE, A LOST CAT.
FLOP EAR, THE FUNNY RABBIT.
TINKLE, THE TRICK PONY.
LIGHTFOOT, THE LEAPING GOAT.
CHUNKY, THE HAPPY HIPPO.
SHARP EYES, THE SILVER FOX.
NERO, THE CIRCUS LION.
TAMBA, THE TAME TIGER.
TOTO, THE BUSTLING BEAVER.

BARSE & HOPKINS Publishers New York

Copyright, 1920
by
Barse & Hopkins

_Toto, the Bustling Beaver_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I TOTO HELPS MILLIE 7
II TOTO LEARNS TO GNAW 17
III TOTO MEETS DON 26
IV TOTO AND THE TRAMPS 35
V TOTO SEES SOMETHING QUEER 46
VI TOTO AND THE BURGLARS 54
VII TOTO AND THE BOY 64
VIII TOTO MEETS BLACKIE 71
IX TOTO IN A TRAP 81
X TOTO ON A BOAT 89
XI TOTO GETS HOME AGAIN 98
XII TOTO IN A STORM 108

ILLUSTRATIONS

Right on top of the bark cabin crashed the tree _Frontispiece_

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And he slipped down, tail first through the hole 23

Crash! Bang! went the big tree 41

Everybody in the beaver colony had work to do 59

“I’ll help you down out of the tree,” said Toto cheerfully 79

And then, through the bushes, came a boy 95

A tree had fallen on Toto’s back, pinning him to the ground 113

TOTO, THE BUSTLING BEAVER