Little Joe Otter

CHAPTER I LITTLE JOE OTTER SPRINGS A SURPRISE Folks aren't so sure about you when You spring surprises now and then. Little Joe Otter. Of all the little Quaddies who live in the Green Meadows, the Smiling Pool and the Green Forest, none is more surprising than Little Joe Otter. He is full of surpris

CHAPTER II PETER RABBIT GOES LOOKING If there are things you would find out Just use your eyes and look about. Little Joe Otter. No one had ever heard of a Mrs. Joe Otter, yet if there wasn't a Mrs.

CHAPTER III LITTLE JOE OTTER'S HOME No matter how you love to roam There comes a time you want a home. Little Joe Otter. Now though Peter Rabbit didn't know it, he had walked right straight over the home of Little Joe Otter. Many other little forest people had walked over that home without guessing

CHAPTER IV PETER RABBIT LEARNS BY SITTING STILL By sitting still may much be learned And thus be useful knowledge earned. Little Joe Otter. Do you know that you can learn things by sitting perfectly still? You can.

CHAPTER VI THE FIRST SWIMMING LESSON You'll never learn to float on sand, Nor swim by staying on the land. Little Joe Otter. One morning Peter Rabbit was a little late in getting over to the home of Little Joe Otter. When he got there, there was not a sign of the two brown Otter children at the door

CHAPTER VII GREAT FUN ON A SLIPPERY SLIDE Many lessons learned in play You'll find a use for every day. Little Joe Otter. Of course Peter Rabbit hadn't been able to keep to himself the fact that Little Joe Otter had a home and wife and two lively babies. He just had to tell the other Quaddies.

CHAPTER VIII FARMER BROWN'S BOY HAS NO LUCK Oh, who would not a-fishing go—a-fishing go—a-fishing go? Oh, who would not a-fishing go all on a summer's day? Oh, who would not a-fishing go—a-fishing go—a-fishing go? Oh, who would not a-fishing go where fishes sport and play?

CHAPTER IX A FAMILY FISHING PARTY 'Tis vain to sit and wish and wish When fishing where there are no fish. Little Joe Otter. Farmer Brown's boy hadn't had one bite, not one teeny, weeny nibble, and he really didn't know what to make of it. Many times had he fished in the Laughing Brook but never bef

CHAPTER X A YOUNG FISHERMAN IS CAUGHT The heedless young who disobey Will for their folly have to pay. Little Joe Otter. Farmer Brown's boy watched the family fishing party until it moved on to the next pool. Then he remembered his own fishing and the fat trout he had promised to bring back for supp

CHAPTER XI SAMMY JAY CALLS FARMER BROWN'S BOY In danger there is good excuse For putting any tongue to use. Little Joe Otter. The foolish little Otter, who hadn't minded his father and mother but had remained behind on the bank of the little pool in the Laughing Brook, didn't have time to even squea

CHAPTER XII PETER RABBIT FINDS A QUEER TRAIL Who seeks shall learn And knowledge earn. Little Joe Otter. Summer had passed and winter had brought the first snow. Peter Rabbit likes snow.

CHAPTER XIII CURIOSITY IS SATISFIED The curious to gratify, You first will have to satisfy. Little Joe Otter. Peter Rabbit sat at the top of the steep bank of the Laughing Brook in the Green Forest, as puzzled a Rabbit as ever lived. The queer trail he had followed ended in this long furrow straight

CHAPTER XIV THE COASTING PARTY Who fun in life himself denies Becomes a grouch before he dies. Little Joe Otter. Peter Rabbit was so tickled over having discovered who made the queer trail in the snow that he quite forgot to look down in the Laughing Brook to see where Little Joe Otter went to. When

CHAPTER XV LITTLE JOE AND MRS. JOE REACH A DECISION To eager youth 'tis vain to preach; Experience alone can teach. Little Joe Otter. Rough Brother North Wind and Jack Frost had been down from the Far North for some time now.

CHAPTER XVII YOWLER THE BOBCAT FOLLOWS The opportunist oft succeeds Because of trifles that he heeds. Little Joe Otter. Yowler the Bobcat, prowling about through the Green Forest, came across the trail of the Otter family. He didn't have to use his nose to follow that trail.

CHAPTER XVIII THE SMALLEST OTTER IS WILFUL The wilful and the heedless gain Experience through fright and pain. Little Joe Otter. Little Joe and Mrs. Otter are wise in the ways and the things of the Green Forest.

CHAPTER XIX THE YOUNG OTTER'S CURIOSITY IS SATISFIED True courage ne'er gives way to fear When unexpected foes appear. Little Joe Otter. Never was Peter Rabbit more filled with curiosity than was the wilful little Otter plunging through the snow towards a certain little snow-covered tree. She was su

CHAPTER XX A VERY MEEK YOUNG OTTER The wise will never scorn retreat When facing swift and sure defeat. Little Joe Otter. Yes, Sir, it certainly looked bad for that young Otter fighting with Yowler the Bobcat. It looked very much as if in the end Yowler would have that dinner of tender, young Otter

CHAPTER XXI A RACE FOR LIFE When life's at stake 'tis no disgrace To run from what you dare not face. Little Joe Otter. Little Joe Otter and his family had traveled many miles from the Laughing Brook on their way to that other brook where Little Joe was sure they would find better fishing. They had

CHAPTER XXII THE CLEVER TRAPPER The trapper knows his wits must match The wits of those whom he would catch. Little Joe Otter. The trapper who had tried to run down Little Joe Otter and his family and kill them with a club was not one to give up easily. Of course, he was disappointed at his failure

CHAPTER XXIII THE SETTING OF THE TRAPS There's always some one setting traps While honest folk are taking naps. Little Joe Otter. The trapper had found out the things he wanted to know. He had found out where the Otters left the water to climb up to the top of their slippery slide.

CHAPTER XXIV LITTLE JOE OTTER IS SUSPICIOUS Suspicious folk avoid mishaps By always watching out for traps. Little Joe Otter. Hardly had the trapper disappeared in the woods when Little Joe Otter awoke and crept forth from his hiding-place. He left Mrs.