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Title: The adventures of Bob White
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo), 1874-1965
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Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, and company
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nd weeds. Bob promised he would do just asshe had told him to, and to prove ithe stole away through the long grassand did not take wing until he wasfar from the nest. Then he flew overbeyond the dear Old Briar-patch andwhistled with all his might fromsheer happiness. It wasnt long before there were fifteen beautiful white eggs in the nest in the weeds beside the(62) BOB FINDS MRS. BOB IS RIGHT Crooked Little Path, and then Bobsanxiety increased, you may be sure.Time and time again he saw ReddyFox or Granny Fox or Jimmy Skunktrot down the Crooked Little Path,and he knew that they were comingto look for his nest. But never oncedid they think of looking in thatpatch of weeds, for it never enteredtheir heads that anyone would buildso close to a path they used so much.But they hunted and hunted every-where else. And all the time little Mrs. Bob sat on those white eggs and the color of her cloak was so nearly the color of the brown grasses and leaves that (^5) y ., .»»u-w /^. -/; i^//w!/,
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r^i^J; H^ 5ati; Granny Fox trot downthe Crooked Little Path BOB FINDS MRS. BOB IS RIGHT even if they had looked straight ather it isnt at all likely that theywould have seen her. Little by littleBob confessed to himself that Mrs.Bob was right. She had chosen thevery safest place on the GreenMeadows for their home. It wassafest because it was the last placeanyone would look for it. Then Bobgrew less anxious and spent all hisspare time in fooling those whowere looking for his home. (63) VIII Bob Fools HisNeighbors Alls fair in love and war, tis said. Of course, this isnt true.A lot is done thats most unfair And no one ought to do. IT is always so when hate rules,and the queer thing is it is alsotrue sometimes when love rules.Love quite often does unfair thingsand then tries to excuse them. But (66) BOB FOOLS HIS NEIGHBORSBob White didnt feel that there wasanything unfair in trying to fool hisneighbors. Not a bit of it. You see,he was doing it for love and warboth. He was doing it for lo

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