The Tale of Bobby Bobolink: Tuck-me-In Tales

By Arthur Scott Bailey

Arthur Scott Bailey was one of the most prolific and popular authors of kids books in the early 20th century. He wrote several dozen books, many of which are still read today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Krill Press
• Release date: Feb 18, 2016
• ISBN: 9781531213336

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THE TALE OF BOBBY BOBOLINK: TUCK-ME-IN TALES

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Arthur Scott Bailey

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I: SOMEBODY IS EXPECTED

II: THE LATEST ARRIVAL

III: GREETINGS

IV: SINGING FOR SOME ONE

V: AN INVITATION

VI: MRS. BOBOLINK CONSENTS

VII: PASSING THE TEST

VIII: THE HOUSE IN THE MEADOW

IX: JOHNNIE GREEN INTRUDES

X: FOOLING JOHNNIE GREEN

XI: BOBBY’S NAMES

XII: MR. CROW IS DISAGREEABLE

XIII: MR. CATBIRD’S TRICK

XIV: FRIGHTENING MRS. BOBOLINK

XV: HAYING TIME

XVI: MR. FROG IS AMUSED

XVII: TURNING THE TABLES

XVIII: TIMOTHY TURTLE’S COMPLAINT

XIX: BOBBY’S MISTAKE

XX: A HERMIT’S ADVICE

XXI: HOW TO TAKE BAD NEWS

XXII: A NOISY QUARREL

XXIII: SLEEPY BENJAMIN BAT

The Tale of Bobby Bobolink: Tuck-me-In Tales

By

Arthur Scott Bailey

The Tale of Bobby Bobolink: Tuck-me-In Tales

Published by Milk Press

New York City, NY

First published circa 1949

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I: SOMEBODY IS EXPECTED

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ON MAY DAY THE FEATHERED folk in Pleasant Valley began to stop, look and listen. They were expecting somebody.

Have you seen him? Rusty Wren asked Jolly Robin.

Jolly Robin said that he hadn’t; but he added that he was on the lookout.

Have you heard his song? little Mr. Chippy inquired eagerly of Mr. Blackbird.

No! that dusky rascal replied. Not yet! Maybe he isn’t coming here this summer. Mr. Blackbird liked to tease little Mr. Chippy. And generally when he tried to, he succeeded.

Oh! Don’t say that! Mr. Chippy exclaimed. If I couldn’t hear his gay voice I shouldn’t care to spend a summer here myself.

Over the meadow, beyond the stone wall where Mr. Chippy made his home in a wild grapevine, Mr. Meadowlark flew to the swampy place where the rushes grew, just to find a Red-winged Blackbird that he knew, in order to learn whether he had seen or heard the friend everybody was watching for.

Perched upon a swaying last year’s cattail, Mr. Red-winged Blackbird shook his head in reply. And he said that no doubt it would be a week before the looked-for arrival. The season’s a bit backward, Mr. Red-winged Blackbird remarked. So I don’t expect to set eyes on him to-day—though I have known him to get here as early as May Day.

Mr. Meadowlark confessed that he was disappointed.

It would be a much gayer May Day, he said, if his rollicking song rang over the meadow.

What’s the matter with your own singing? Mr. Red-winged Blackbird asked him—meaning that in his opinion Mr. Meadowlark had no reason to be ashamed of his own