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    The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack
    The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack
    The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack
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    The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack

    By Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJun 1, 1940
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      The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack - Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

      Project Gutenberg's The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack, by Thornton W. Burgess

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack

      Author: Thornton W. Burgess

      Release Date: June, 2004 [EBook #5846] This file was first posted on September 11, 2002 Last Updated: April 24, 2013

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ADVENTURES OF POOR MRS. QUACK ***

      Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

      THE ADVENTURES OF POOR MRS. QUACK

      The Bedtime Story-Books

      By Thornton W. Burgess

      Author of Old Mother West Wind, The Bedtime Story-Books, etc.

      CONTENTS

        I. Peter Rabbit Becomes Acquainted with Mrs. Quack

        II. Mrs. Quack is Distrustful

        III. Mrs. Quack Tells About Her Home

        IV. Mrs. Quack Continues Her Story

        V. Peter Learns More of Mrs. Quack's Troubles

        VI. Farmer Brown's Boy Visits the Smiling Pool

        VII. Mrs. Quack Returns

        VIII. Mrs. Quack Has a Good Meal and a Rest

        IX. Peter Rabbit Makes an Early Call

        X. How Mr. and Mrs. Quack Started North

        XI. The Terrible, Terrible Guns

        XII. What Did Happen to Mr. Quack

        XIII. Peter Tells About Mrs. Quack

        XIV. Sammy Jay's Plan to Help Mrs. Quack

        XV. The Hunt for Mr. Quack

        XVI. Sammy Jay Sees Something Green

        XVII. Mr. Quack Is Found at Last

        XVIII.Sammy Jay Sends Mrs. Quack to the Swamp

        XIX. Jerry Muskrat's Great Idea

        XX. Happy Days for Mr. and Mrs. Quack

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      Marshes must be something like swamps, ventured Peter Rabbit

      Frontispiece

      Several times she circled around, high over the Smiling Pool

      Some folks call him Alligator and some just 'Gator'

      Just tuck that fact away in that empty head of yours and never say can't

      Yes, said he in a low voice, I am Mr. Quack

      Those were happy days indeed for Mr. and Mrs. Quack in the pond of Paddy the Beaver

      I

      PETER RABBIT BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH MRS. QUACK

      Make a new acquaintance every time you can; You'll find it interesting and a very helpful plan.

      It means more knowledge. You cannot meet any one without learning something from him if you keep your ears open and your eyes open. Every one is at least a little different from every one else, and the more people you know, the more you may learn. Peter Rabbit knows this, and that is one reason he always is so eager to find out about other people. He had left Jimmy Skunk and Bobby Coon in the Green Forest and had headed for the Smiling Pool to see if Grandfather Frog was awake yet. He had no idea of meeting a stranger there, and so you can imagine just how surprised he was when he got in sight of the Smiling Pool to see some one whom he never had seen before swimming about there. He knew right away who it was. He knew that it was Mrs. Quack the Duck, because he had often heard about her. And then, too, it was very clear from her looks that she was a cousin of the ducks he had seen in Farmer Brown's dooryard. The difference was that while they were big and white and stupid-looking, Mrs. Quack was smaller, brown, very trim, and looked anything but stupid.

      Peter was so surprised to see her in the Smiling Pool that he almost forgot to be polite. I am afraid he stared in a very impolite way as he hurried to the edge of the bank. I suppose, said Peter, that you are Mrs. Quack, but I never expected to see you unless I should go over to the Big River, and that is a place I never have visited and hardly expect to because it is too far from the dear Old Briar-patch. You are Mrs. Quack, aren't you?

      Yes, replied Mrs. Quack, and you must be Peter Rabbit. I've heard of you very often. All the time Mrs. Quack was swimming back and forth and in little circles in the most uneasy way.

      I hope you've heard nothing but good of me, replied Peter.

      Mrs. Quack stopped her uneasy swimming for a minute and almost smiled as she looked at Peter, The worst I have heard is that you are very curious about other people's affairs, said she.

      Peter looked a wee, wee bit foolish, and then he laughed right out. I guess that is true enough, said he. I like to learn all I can, and how can I learn without being curious? I'm curious right now. I'm wondering what brings you to the Smiling Pool when you never have been here before. It is the last place in the world I ever expected to find you.

      That's why I'm here, replied Mrs. Quack. I hope others feel the same way. I came here because I just HAD to find some place where people wouldn't expect to find me and so wouldn't come looking for me. Little Joe Otter saw me yesterday on the Big River and told me of this place, and so, because I just had to go somewhere, I came here.

      Peter's eyes opened very wide with surprise. Why, he exclaimed, I should think you would be perfectly safe on the Big River! I don't see how any harm can possibly come to you out there.

      The words were no sooner out of Peter's mouth than a faint bang sounded from way off towards the Big River. Mrs. Quack gave a great start and half lifted her

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