Excerpt: ...Bowser the Hound," muttered Johnny Chuck, as he started towards the old stone wall. There he found Polly Chuck peeping out at him, and all of a tremble with fright. "My, how brave you are!" said Polly Chuck. "Pooh, that's nothing!" replied Johnny Chuck. XIII POLLY AND JOHNNY CHUCK GO HOUSE HUNTING Johnny Chuck was happy. Yes, Sir, Johnny Chuck was happy-so happy that he felt like doing foolish things. You see Johnny Chuck loved Polly Chuck and he knew now that Polly Chuck loved him. He had known it ever since he ...
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Excerpt: ...Bowser the Hound," muttered Johnny Chuck, as he started towards the old stone wall. There he found Polly Chuck peeping out at him, and all of a tremble with fright. "My, how brave you are!" said Polly Chuck. "Pooh, that's nothing!" replied Johnny Chuck. XIII POLLY AND JOHNNY CHUCK GO HOUSE HUNTING Johnny Chuck was happy. Yes, Sir, Johnny Chuck was happy-so happy that he felt like doing foolish things. You see Johnny Chuck loved Polly Chuck and he knew now that Polly Chuck loved him. He had known it ever since he had fought with the foolish little dog who had dared to frighten Polly Chuck. After the fight was over, and the little dog had been sent home kiyi- yi-ing, Polly Chuck had crept out of the old stone wall where she had been hiding and snuggled up beside Johnny Chuck and looked at him as if she thought him the most wonderful Chuck in all the world, as, indeed, she did. And Johnny had felt his heart swell and swell with happiness until it almost choked him. So now once more Johnny Chuck began to think of a new home. He had forgotten all about seeing the world. All he wanted now was a new house, built just so, with a front door and a hidden back door, and big enough for two, for no more would Johnny Chuck live alone. So, with shy little Polly Chuck by his side, he began to search for a place to make a new home. The more he thought about it, the more Johnny wanted to build his house over by the lone elm-tree where he had first seen Polly Chuck. It was a splendid place. From it you could see a great way in every direction. It would be shady on hot summer days. It was near a great big patch of sweet clover. It seemed to Johnny Chuck that it was the best place on all the Green Meadows. He whispered as much to Polly Chuck. She turned up her nose. "It's too low!" said she. "Oh!" replied Johnny, and looked puzzled, for really it was one of the highest places on the Green Meadows. "Yes," said Polly, in a brisk, decided way, "it's altogether too low....
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Add this copy of The Adventures of Johnny Chuck to cart. $19.00, like new condition, Sold by Mainly Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silverdale, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1941 by Grosset & Dunlap.
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Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0448027062. Hardcover with dustjacket, reddish brown tweed binding with green illustrated end-papers, orange jacket with a color illustration on the front panel and a list of "Famous Burgess Bedtime Story Books" on the rear panel, book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, jacket has several tiny edge-tears, it is also clean and attractive, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included.
Add this copy of Adventures of Johnny Chuck to cart. $22.34, like new condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1952 by Putnam Publishing Group.
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I bought this book for our grandchildren. Thrity years ago we read the series of books to our two sons. They enjoyed them so much that we're now trying to complete the twenty vol. set.
