WILD PASTURES
He was still sitting on his perch greeting the gold of the
morning sun with melodious uproar
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WILD PASTURES
BY
WINTHROP PACKARD
ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES COPELAND
BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1909
By Small, Maynard & Company
(INCORPORATED)
Entered at Stationers’ Hall
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
TO
MY WIFE AND THE WEE BOY
WHO HAVE MADE AND SHARED
THE PASTURE SUNSHINE
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CONTENTS
| Page | |
| Waylaying the Dawn | 1 |
| Stalking the Wild Grape | 25 |
| The Frog Rendezvous | 47 |
| A Butterfly Chase | 69 |
| Down Stream | 89 |
| Brook Magic | 109 |
| In the Ponkapoag Bogs | 131 |
| Some Butterfly Friends | 151 |
| The Resting Time of the Birds | 173 |
| The Pond at Low Tide | 193 |
| How the Rain Came | 215 |
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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