# Green Forest Stories — Character guide

> Key figures in Green Forest Stories by Thornton W. Burgess.

- [Lightfoot the Deer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/lightfoot_the_deer.md): Lightfoot is the Green Forest's most admired creature, and the little people cannot imagine the place without him. His flaw is a stag's vanity: he assumes he must teach Mrs. Lightfoot the forest's dangers, never guessing
- [Blacky the Crow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/blacky_the_crow.md): Blacky loves company and returns each dusk to roost with his family, but his real weakness is curiosity: he sees everything and often wishes he hadn't. When he spots Farmer Brown's boy hiding in the rushes with a terribl
- [Whitefoot the Wood Mouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/whitefoot_the_wood_mouse.md): Whitefoot belongs to the little people in fur, the ones who read every track and shadow as a warning. Shadow the Weasel is the terror of that world, persistent and impossible to discourage once he has a trail. Whitefoot'
- [Boxer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/boxer.md): Boxer is one of Mother Bear's twins, curious, stubborn, and quick to feel wronged when his mother or sister gets the better of him. After running away, he becomes Chatterer the Red Squirrel's favorite target, pelted with
- [Woof Woof](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/woof_woof.md): Woof-Woof is the second of Mother Bear's twins, shuffling at Boxer's heels and sniffing whatever her mother sniffs, solemnly certain she is out in the Great World at last. Her imitation is both charming and precarious, s
- [Peter Rabbit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/peter_rabbit.md): Peter Rabbit is the forest's self-appointed discoverer, forever hopping toward whatever he has been told not to investigate. Drawn by gossip that Mrs. Bear has a secret, he creeps up to the great windfall and finds twin 
- [Sammy Jay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/sammy_jay.md): When Lightfoot the Deer vanishes, Sammy Jay becomes the forest's anxious reporter, trading theories with Bobby Coon and Old Man Coyote as the hunting season drags on. He is loud, meddlesome, and not always right, but his
- [Shadow the Weasel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/shadow_the_weasel.md): Shadow the Weasel is the threat lurking behind every safe-looking hollow, the reason Whitefoot the Wood Mouse measures each new home by whether a weasel could reach it. His reputation for climbing where others expect him
- [Mrs. Whitefoot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/mrs_whitefoot.md): Mrs. Whitefoot follows her husband up to a fine hollow stub and promptly rejects it, not from ingratitude but from a mother's clear-eyed worry about babies and bad falls. She leads a patient search, turning up her nose a
- [Mother Bear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/mother_bear.md): Mother Bear arrives just in time to hear Woof-Woof dismiss Buster Bear, and her face grows stern as she extracts the truth about the forbidden tree and the tracks the twins followed. She scolds, she warns, and she insist
- [Buster Bear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/buster_bear.md): Buster Bear looms over the twins' early world as a figure they meet before they understand him, chasing them up a tree and earning Woof-Woof's blunt disapproval. Mother Bear insists he is the handsomest Bear she has ever
- [Chatterer the Red Squirrel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/chatterer_the_red_squirrel.md): Chatterer the Red Squirrel spots Boxer sulking alone and seizes the chance to repay an old fright, dropping cones on the little Bear's tender nose and leading him on a breathless chase through the trees. Sharp, shrewd, a
- [Paddy the Beaver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/paddy_the_beaver.md): Paddy is the steady, unglamorous counterweight to Lightfoot's grace — homely on land but masterful in water, he offers the deer a refuge at his pond and proposes they become partners. His fondness for Lightfoot is tinged
- [Farmer Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/farmer_brown.md): A human farmer who sometimes interacts with the forest animals.
- [Hooty the Horned Owl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/hooty_the_horned_owl.md): Hooty rules the hours after the Black Shadows creep out from the Purple Hills, and even clever Blacky the Crow shivers at the thought of being caught out after dark. He is less a schemer than a fact of the forest — patie
- [Mrs. Hooty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/mrs_hooty.md): Hooty's mate, who is protective of their nest and eggs.
- [Timmy the Flying Squirrel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/timmy_the_flying_squirrel.md): Timmy is one of the shyest of the little people, yet beside the even more fearful Whitefoot he discovers a boldness he never knew he had. Their dusk foraging trips — Timmy leaping from treetop to treetop, Whitefoot huggi
- [Whitey the Snowy Owl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/whitey_the_snowy_owl.md): A large white owl from the far north who visits the Green Forest in winter.
- [Dusky the Black Duck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/dusky_the_black_duck.md): A black duck who is cautious and wary of hunters.
- [Mr. Quack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/mr_quack.md): A mallard duck who travels with his mate and faces many dangers.
- [Mrs. Quack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/mrs_quack.md): Mr. Quack's mate, a careful and devoted mother duck.
- [Prickly Porky the Porcupine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/prickly_porky.md): A slow-moving porcupine armed with sharp quills who is respected by all.
- [Miss Daintyfoot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/miss_daintyfoot.md): Miss Daintyfoot is elusive in a way that humbles even Lightfoot, who thinks he is showing her the forest when in truth she already knows it better than he does. She carries her own history of being hunted, and her gentle
- [Danny Meadow Mouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/danny_meadow_mouse.md): A small mouse who lives in the meadow and is always alert for danger.
- [Reddy Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/reddy_fox.md): A sly and cunning fox who is always looking for an easy meal.
- [Butcher the Shrike](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/butcher_the_shrike.md): A predatory bird known for impaling its prey on thorns.
- [Bobby Coon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/bobby_coon.md): A raccoon who is clever and curious about the forest goings-on.
- [Jimmy Skunk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/jimmy_skunk.md): A black-and-white skunk who is generally left alone due to his powerful scent.
- [Redtail the Hawk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/redtail_the_hawk.md): A soaring hawk who is a constant threat to smaller birds and mammals.
- [Billy Mink](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/billy_mink.md): A sleek and swift mink who lives near the water and is a skilled hunter.
- [The Merry Little Breezes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/the_merry_little_breezes.md): Playful wind spirits who help carry messages through the Green Forest.
- [Unc' Billy Possum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/unc_billy_possum.md): A southern possum who plays dead when frightened and speaks with a drawl.
- [Bossy the Cow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/bossy_the_cow.md): A cow from Farmer Brown's farm who sometimes wanders into the forest.
- [Bowser the Hound](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/bowser_the_hound.md): A baying hound dog who chases Lightfoot through the forest.
- [Melody the Wood Thrush](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/melody_the_wood_thrush.md): A songbird whose beautiful singing fills the Green Forest.
- [Mrs. Grouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/mrs_grouse.md): A mother grouse who is protective of her chicks.
- [Granny Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/granny_fox.md): An old and cunning fox who teaches Reddy Fox tricks.
- [The Hunter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/the_hunter.md): The hunter is not a bumbler but a student — he knows that stillness is the price of a clear shot and he can sit for hours like a piece of the log he rests on. His single-minded pursuit of Lightfoot makes him a quiet, cre

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