The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse
1915 novel by Thornton Burgess
The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (1915) is a children's novel written by Thornton W. Burgess and illustrated by Harrison Cady. Danny Meadow Mouse appeared as the main character of many tales written by Burgess for his syndicated newspaper column "Bedtime Stories".
Plot
Danny begins his tale regretting the length of his tail until he is corrected by Mr. Toad. Then he has a series of stalkings by Reddy and Granny Fox. He is captured by Hooty the Owl and escapes mid-flight to Peter Rabbit's briar patch. Peter goes to Farmer Brown's peach orchard and gets caught in a snare and barely escapes himself. Finally Danny gets trapped in a tin can and must use his wits to escape Reddy Fox again.
References
External links
The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse at Project Gutenberg
The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse public domain audiobook at LibriVox
The adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse / by Thornton W. Burgess; with illustrations by Harrison Cady. HathiTrust.
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