The Tale of Chirpy Cricket

After making his rude remark Tommy Tree Cricket began his _re-teat! re-teat! re-teat!_ once more. He shuffled his wings together at a faster rate than ever, as if he had to furn...

From his hiding place in the crack of the baseboard, in a corner of Johnnie Green's chamber, Chirpy Cricket saw the gleam of the candle. And he wondered whether it might be a re...

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He learned that it was a dangerous bird known as Simon Screecher--a cousin of Solomon Owl--that made this uncanny call. If he had lived, like Solomon, across the meadow in the h...