CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I PETER RABBIT MEETS LIGHTFOOT

CHAPTER II LIGHTFOOT'S NEW ANTLERS

CHAPTER III LIGHTFOOT TELLS HOW HIS ANTLERS GREW

CHAPTER IV THE SPIRIT OF FEAR When the days grow cold and the

CHAPTER V SAMMY JAY BRINGS LIGHTFOOT WORD

CHAPTER VI A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK

CHAPTER VII THE MERRY LITTLE BREEZES HELP LIGHTFOOT

CHAPTER VIII WIT AGAINST WIT

CHAPTER IX LIGHTFOOT BECOMES UNCERTAIN

CHAPTER X LIGHTFOOT'S CLEVER TRICK

CHAPTER XI THE HUNTED WATCHES THE HUNTER

CHAPTER XII LIGHTFOOT VISITS PADDY THE BEAVER

CHAPTER XIII LIGHTFOOT AND PADDY BECOME PARTNERS

CHAPTER XIV HOW PADDY WARNED LIGHTFOOT

CHAPTER XV THE THREE WATCHERS

CHAPTER XVI VISITORS TO PADDY'S POND

CHAPTER XVII SAMMY JAY ARRIVES

CHAPTER XVIII THE HUNTER LOSES HIS TEMPER

CHAPTER XIX SAMMY JAY IS MODEST

CHAPTER XX LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND

CHAPTER XXI HOW LIGHTFOOT GOT RID OF THE HOUNDS

CHAPTER XXII LIGHTFOOT'S LONG SWIM

CHAPTER XXIII LIGHTFOOT FINDS A FRIEND

CHAPTER XXIV THE HUNTER IS DISAPPOINTED

CHAPTER XXV THE HUNTER LIES IN WAIT

CHAPTER XXVI LIGHTFOOT DOES THE WISE THING

CHAPTER XXVII SAMMY JAY WORRIES

CHAPTER XXVIII THE HUNTING SEASON ENDS

CHAPTER XXIX Mr. AND MRS. QUACK ARE STARTLED

CHAPTER XXX THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED

CHAPTER XXXI A SURPRISING DISCOVERY

CHAPTER XXXII LIGHTFOOT SEES THE STRANGER

CHAPTER XXXIII A DIFFERENT GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK

CHAPTER XXXIV A STARTLING NEW FOOTPRINT

CHAPTER XXXV LIGHTFOOT IS RECKLESS

CHAPTER XXXVI SAMMY JAY TAKES A HAND

CHAPTER XXXVII THE GREAT FIGHT

CHAPTER XXXVIII AN UNSEEN WATCHER

CHAPTER XXXIX LIGHTFOOT DISCOVERS LOVE

CHAPTER XL HAPPY DAYS IN THE GREEN FOREST

BY

THORNTON W. BURGESS

With Illustrations by

HARRISON CADY

GROSSET & DUNLAP

Publishers         New York

Printed by arrangement with Little, Brown, and Company

COPYRIGHT 1921 BY THORNTON W. BURGESS

ISBN: 0-448-02741-0 (TRADE EDITION)

ISBN: 0-448-13721-6 (LIBRARY EDITION)

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BY ARRANGEMENT WITH LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Dedication
TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF OUR
FOUR-FOOTED FRIENDS IN THE GREEN FOREST
WITH THE HOPE THAT THIS LITTLE VOLUME
MAY IN SOME DEGREE AID IN THE
PROTECTION OF THE INNOCENT
AND HELPLESS