THE ADVENTURES OF WHITE TAIL THE DEER - with Bumper the Rabbit and Friends
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All boys and girls who love reading and who love animals should become acquainted with Bumper the white rabbit, with Bobby Gray Squirrel, with Buster the Bear, and, of course, with White Tail the deer, for they are all brave and fearless in danger, and so lovable that you won’t lay down any one of the books without saying wistfully, “I almost wish I had them really and truly as friends and not just storybook acquaintances.”
That, of course, is a splendid wish; but none of us could afford to have a big menagerie of wild animals, for that’s just what you would have to do if you brought the books to life.
White Tail and Bumper have many friends, such as Mr. Blind Rabbit, Fuzzy Wuzz and Goggle Eyes, his country cousins; and Bobby Gray Squirrel had his near cousins, Stripe the chipmunk and Webb the flying squirrel; while Buster was favoured with an endless number of friends and relatives. If we turned them all loose from the books, and put them in a ten-acre lot—but no, ten acres wouldn’t be big enough to accommodate them, perhaps not even a hundred acres.
The 16 stories and adventures of Bumper in this volume are:
I White Tail Jumps Stepping Stone Brook
II Father Buck’s Failure
III Young Black Buck’s Challenge
IV Father Buck’s Decision
V Young Black Buck’s Challenge To A Race
VI Downy The Woodpecker Brings Startling News
VII A Race With Puma And Timber
VIII Mrs. Puma And Timber Fight
IX Young Black Buck Has An Accident
X White Tail’s Magnanimous Act
XI White Tail’s Adventure In The Camp
XII White Tail Escapes
XIII White Tail Hears Unpleasant News
XIV Choosing A New Leader
XV The Great Combat
XVI White Tail Made Leader Of The Herd
So come out into the woods with me, and let us listen and watch, and I promise you it will be worthwhile.
This volume is sure to keep you and your young ones enchanted for hours, if not because of the quantity, then the quality of the stories. They will have you and your loved ones coming back for more, time and again.
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KEYWORDS/TAGS: White Tail the Deer, bumper the White Rabbit, Puma, Owl, Stepping Stone Brook, Jump, Father Buck, Failure, Young Black Buck, Challenge, Decision, Race, Downy The Woodpecker, Startling News, Puma, Timber, Fight, Accident, Magnanimous Act, Kindness, selfless, Adventure, In The Camp, Escape, freedom, Unpleasant News, Choose, New Leader, Great Combat, Leader Of The Herd, Alpha Male, Washer, Raccoon, Buster, Brown Bear, Mother Wolf
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THE ADVENTURES OF WHITE TAIL THE DEER - with Bumper the Rabbit and Friends - George Ethelbert Walsh
The Adventures of
White Tail the Deer
By
George Ethelbert Walsh
Illustrations By
EDWIN J. PRETTIE
Originally Published by
The John C. Winston Company
CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA TORONTO
[1922]
Resurrected By
Abela Publishing, London
[2018]
The Adventures of White Tail the Deer
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With all the speed and power he could summon, he delivered a crushing blow
Introduction
To The Twilight Animal Stories
By the Author
All little boys and girls who love animals should become acquainted with Bumper the white rabbit, with Bobby Gray Squirrel, with Buster the bear, and with White Tail the deer, for they are all a jolly lot, brave and fearless in danger, and so lovable that you won’t lay down any one of the books without saying wistfully, I almost wish I had them really and truly as friends and not just storybook acquaintances.
That, of course, is a splendid wish; but none of us could afford to have a big menagerie of wild animals, and that’s just what you would have to do if you went outside of the books. Bumper had many friends, such as Mr. Blind Rabbit, Fuzzy Wuzz and Goggle Eyes, his country cousins; and Bobby Gray Squirrel had his near cousins, Stripe the chipmunk and Webb the flying squirrel; while Buster and White Tail were favored with an endless number of friends and relatives. If we turned them all loose from the books, and put them in a ten-acre lot—but no, ten acres wouldn’t be big enough to accommodate them, perhaps not a hundred acres.
So we will leave them just where they are—in the books—and read about them, and let our imaginations take us to them where we can see them playing, skipping, singing, and sometimes fighting, and if we read very carefully, and think as we go along, we may come to know them even better than if we went out hunting for them.
Another thing we should remember. By leaving them in the books, hundreds and thousands of other boys and girls can enjoy them, too, sharing with us the pleasures of the imagination, which after all is one of the greatest things in the world. In gathering them together in a real menagerie, we would be selfish both to Bumper, Bobby, Buster, White Tail and their friends as well as to thousands of other little readers who could not share them with us. So these books of Twilight Animal Stories are dedicated to all little boys and girls who love wild animals. All others are forbidden to read them! They wouldn’t understand them if they did.
So come out into the woods with me, and let us listen and watch, and I promise you it will be worthwhile.
Acknowledgements
Abela Publishing
acknowledges the work that
George Ethelbert Walsh
and
Edwin John Prittie
did in illustrating and publishing this volume
in a time well before electronic media
was in use
10% of the profit from the sale of this book
will be donated to charities.
Contents
I White Tail Jumps Stepping Stone Brook
II Father Buck’s Failure
III Young Black Buck’s Challenge
IV Father Buck’s Decision
V Young Black Buck’s Challenge to a Race
VI Downy the Woodpecker Brings Startling News
VII A Race With Puma and Timber
VIII Mrs. Puma and Timber Fight
IX Young Black Buck Has An Accident
X White Tail’s Magnanimous Act
XI White Tail’s Adventure in the Camp
XII White Tail Escapes
XIII White Tail Hears Unpleasant News
XIV Choosing a New Leader
XV The Great Combat
XVI White Tail Made Leader of the Herd
The Adventures of
White Tail the Deer
STORY I
White Tail Jumps Stepping Stone Brook
White Tail grew rapidly in size and strength, his long, clean limbs showing taut muscles and great springing power; and his neck grew thick and short, which is well for a buck, who must use it in savage thrusts when the head is a battering ram. His horns were short and bony, but they protruded in front like knobs against which it would be unpleasant to fall.
But his antlers were his pride. They spread out fan-shape on his head, crowning it with a glory that made Mother Deer supremely happy. At times it seemed as if the antlers were too heavy for the head and neck, but White Tail carried them easily, and when he shook them in sport or anger any one could see they were just fitted to him.
In time he stood as high as Father Buck, and a head taller than Mother Deer. The day the tip of his antlers reached an inch above Father Buck’s, he felt a little thrill of pride. To be as big and tall as his father had always been his ambition. But while it pleased Father Buck that his son was growing so big, it made him a little sad.
You will soon be ready to take my place, White Tail,
he said. You’re growing taller and stronger every day.
That may be, Father Buck,
he replied, but it will be many a season before I can run as fast and far as you, or show the same strength in a fight. Oh, no, there’s little chance of my equaling you for many, many seasons.
Father Buck merely smiled and nodded his head. I want you to run out with me to Stepping Stone brook,
he said simply. There is something I want to show you.
White Tail was always eager for a run with Father Buck. Nearly every day they went off together to hunt and explore. Father Buck had been teaching him all the ways and tricks of the woods so that his education would be complete.
It was a cool, crisp day, and they ran through the woods, side by side, in long, gentle lopes until they came to Stepping Stone brook. This was a small stream confined between two ledges of rocks, with stones placed in it for stepping across when one didn’t want to wet the feet. Frequently the whole herd crossed it, using the stones so that not a foot touched the water.
When they reached the brook, White Tail immediately took a long drink of the cooling water, for their run had made him hot and thirsty. Father Buck watched him in silence, a very sad expression in his beautiful eyes. There was admiration also, but a little sadness.
White Tail,
he said suddenly, I have brought you here to tell you something. Stepping Stone brook has always been the test for our leaders. Here it is that many a youngster has first earned his right to lead the herd, and, alas! many an older leader has broken his heart here.
White Tail looked up in surprise, and glanced from the speaker to the trickling waters. He was clearly puzzled by the words he had heard.
"No buck can be leader of the herd