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Mother west wind 'why' stories

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  • s3://AU/WA/ABWA/pd/G14958/Mother_West_Wind_Why_Stories_G14958.zip
    Login to access DAISY 202 - Audio
    Running Time: 24624
    Narrator: Laurie Anne Walden
    Publisher: Project Gutenberg, Sat, 01/01/2005 - 12:00

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    Author: Burgess, Thornton W.
    Contributor:

    Cady, Harrison

    Summary:

    Grandfather Frog is very old and very wise, and he knows all about the days when the world was young. When he is feeling just right, he dearly loves to tell about those long-ago days. "Chug-a-rum!" said Grandfather Frog. And then he told why Peter Rabbit -- and all rabbits -- cannot bend their wrists. He told a thousand stories, in fact, because that's what Grandfather Frog was meant to do. Stories of Rabbits, Chipmunks, Possums, Foxes -- Grandfather Frog knows the important stuff about everybody who lives around the meadow.

    Contents:
    • Why Striped Chipmunk is proud of his stripes
    • Why Peter Rabbit cannot fold his hands
    • Why Unc' Billy Possum plays dead
    • Why Reddy Fox wears red
    • Why Jimmy Skunk never hurries
    • Why Sammy Jay has a fine coat
    • Why Jerry Muskrat builds his house in the water
    • Why Old Man Coyote has many voices
    • Why Miner the Mole lives under ground
    • Why Mr. Snake cannot wink
    • Why Bobby Coon has rings on his tail
    • Why there is a black head in the buzzard family
    • Why Buster Bear appears to have no tail
    • Why Flitter the Bat flies at night
    • Why Spotty the Turtle carries his house with him
    • Why Paddy the Beaver has a broad tail.
    Genre: Folk tales
    Language(s): English

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DC Contributor

Cady, Harrison

Abstract

Grandfather Frog is very old and very wise, and he knows all about the days when the world was young. When he is feeling just right, he dearly loves to tell about those long-ago days. "Chug-a-rum!" said Grandfather Frog. And then he told why Peter Rabbit -- and all rabbits -- cannot bend their wrists. He told a thousand stories, in fact, because that's what Grandfather Frog was meant to do. Stories of Rabbits, Chipmunks, Possums, Foxes -- Grandfather Frog knows the important stuff about everybody who lives around the meadow.

Genre
Folk tales
Not specified

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