Washer the Raccoon

Washer the Raccoon

All little boys and girls who love animals should become acquainted with Bumper the white rabbit, with Bobby Gray Squirrel, with Buster the bear, and with White Tail the deer, for they are all a jolly lot, brave and fearless in danger, and so lovable that you wont lay down any one of the books without saying wistfully, I almost wish I had them really and truly as friends and not just storybook acquaintances. That, of course, is a splendid wish; but none of us could afford to have a big menagerie of wild animals, and thats just what you would have to do if you went outside of the books. Bumper had many friends, such as Mr. Blind Rabbit, Fuzzy Wuzz and Goggle Eyes, his country cousins; and Bobby Gray Squirrel had his near cousins, Stripe the chipmunk and Webb the flying squirrel; while Buster and White Tail were favored with an endless number of friends and relatives. If we turned them all loose from the books, and put them in a ten acre lotbut no, ten acres wouldnt be big enough to accommodate them, perhaps not a hundred acres. So we will leave them just where they arein the booksand read about them, and let our imaginations take us to them where we can see them playing, skipping, singing, and sometimes fighting, and if we read very carefully, and think as we go along, we may come to know them even better than if we went out hunting for them. Another thing we should remember. By leaving them in the books, hundreds and thousands of other boys and girls can enjoy them, too, sharing with us the pleasures of the imagination, which after all is one of the greatest things in the world. In gathering them together in a real menagerie, we would be selfish both to Bumper, Bobby, Buster, White Tail and their friends as well as to thousands of other little readers who could not share them with us. So these books of Twilight Animal Stories are dedicated to all little boys and girls who love wild animals. All others are forbidden to read them! They wouldnt understand them if they did. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 42575
Author: Walsh, George Ethelbert
Release Date: Apr 21, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Prittie, Edwin John