Mother West Wind's Children

just emptying her Merry Little Breezes out of her big bag onto the Green Meadows to play all the bright summer day. Peter Rabbit ya

g on a fence post

bbit out

dness wha

bbit, re

d will be

d Samm

n out his tongu

! Thief!" shouted Peter Rabbit at Sammy Ja

ght feast in Farmer Brown's cabbage patch and getting into mischief with Bobby Coon. Now w

. Toad's house. Mr. Toad was sitting in his doorway blinking at

Mr. Toad," sa

ing," said

ne this morning, Mr. To

fine this mornin

ve on a new suit, Mr. Toa

ave, Peter Rabbit?

l," said Peter Rabbit hastily, "only I didn't know you ever ha

Toad shortly, turning h

e he thought about it the more he wondered what Mr. Toad could have done with his old suit. Of course he hadn't swallowed it! Who ever heard of such a thing! The more he thought of it the more Peter Rabbit fel

ther Frog. He'll surely know what Mr. Toad does with hi

. There was a hungry look in his big goggly eyes, for it was so early that no foolish, green flies h

andfather Frog,"

lied Grandfather Fr

this morning, Grandfathe

had a few fat, foolish, green

Mr. Toad, and he has on a

dfather Frog. "Well, I

h his old suit, Grandfathe

he swallows it," replied Grandfather Frog c

suddenly remembered that he had been out all night and was ver

find out from Grandfather Frog what Mr. Toad really did do with his old suit. First of all they scattered over the Green Meadows. Present

ite and yellow waistcoat. When the last one was out of sight, all but a leg which was left sticking out of a corner of

y on the big green lily pad and folded his

Grandfather Frog.

emselves among the buttercups and daisies, for they knew th

eadows and the Green Forest. Of course old King Bear wanted his kingdom and his subjects to look their very best, so he issued a royal order that every

a suit of glossy black. Lightfoot the Deer, threw away his dingy gray suit, and put on a coat of beautiful red and fawn. Mr. Mink, Mr. Otter, Mr. Muskrat, Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Woodchuck, Mr. Coon, who you know was first cousin to old King Bear, Mr. Gray Squirrel, Mr.

e world as it if had been cut from the bluest patch of sky and trimmed with edging take

Nature came, so he got a new suit all ready. But Mr. Toad couldn't afford to sit around in idleness admiring his new clothes. No indeed! Mr. Toad had too much to do. He was altogether too

meadow people and all the little forest folk hastened to pay their respects to old Mother Nature and to strut about

d to eat up his crop and he was very tired. Presently he happened to look up the road, and who should he see but old

der a cabbage leaf and began to pull off his old suit. But the old suit stuck! He was in such a hurry and so excited that he couldn't find the buttons. Finally he got his trous

in his new suit, for you remember that he had been wea

ld suit looked lying on the ground. What should he do with it? He couldn't hide it in the garde

at was a big mouth for if not to use? He would swallow his old suit! In a flash

t and you would have thought he had been waiting all day to receive old Mother Nature, but for one thing-swallow as much and as h

very much mortified. But Mother Nature was so pleased with Mr. Toad's garden and with Mr. Toad's in

th appoint you my chief gardener, Mr. Toad. And as a sign that all may know that this is

rdeners. And in memory of their great, great, great-grandfather a

his old suit just before Peter Rabbit passed his ho

le Breezes, "thank you, th

ed Little Path to see if old Mr. Toad was gardening. And Peter