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  1. Chapter 1

    Happy Jack

    Happy Jack Squirrel, after being chased by Shadow the Weasel and saved by Farmer Brown's boy, finds a new home in the old stone wall near Farmer Brown's house, where he feels safe and content.

  2. Chapter 2

    Happy Jack Drops a Nut

    Happy Jack Squirrel discovers a hickory tree full of nuts and tries to keep it secret from his cousin Chatterer the Red Squirrel. While gloating, he accidentally drops a nut on Chatterer's head, sparking a quarrel between the two cousins.

  3. Chapter 3

    II: The Quarrel

    Happy Jack Squirrel and Chatterer the Red Squirrel engage in a loud quarrel over a hickory tree full of nuts. Happy Jack accidentally drops a nut on Chatterer's head, and when Chatterer tries to climb the tree to get some nuts, Happy Jack chases him around the treetop, both calling each other names. Peter Rabbit arrives and covers his ears to avoid hearing the fight.

  4. Chapter 4

    Striped Chipmunk Is Kept Very Busy

    Striped Chipmunk, a thrifty and hardworking creature, observes the quarrel between Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel and Chatterer the Red Squirrel over nuts. While they argue, they knock down nuts from a hickory tree, which Striped Chipmunk eagerly collects to fill his new storehouse for winter.

  5. Chapter 5

    Happy Jack and Chatterer Feel Foolish

    Happy Jack Squirrel and Chatterer the Red Squirrel argue over a hickory tree full of nuts, chasing each other through the treetops until they exhaust themselves. When they finally stop to look, all the nuts have vanished. They realize that their quarreling caused the nuts to fall, and while they were distracted, Striped Chipmunk carried them away. Peter Rabbit laughs at their foolishness.

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  1. Chapter 6Happy Jack Suspects Striped Chipmunk
  2. Chapter 7VI: Happy Jack Spies on Striped Chipmunk
  3. Chapter 8VII: Striped Chipmunk Has Fun with Happy Jack
  4. Chapter 9VIII: Happy Jack Turns Burglar
  5. Chapter 10IX: Happy Jack Squirrel’s Sad Mistake
  6. Chapter 11Striped Chipmunk's Happy Thought
  7. Chapter 12Striped Chipmunk's Thanksgiving Dinner
  8. Chapter 13Happy Jack Does Some Thinking
  9. Chapter 14XIII: Happy Jack Gets a Warning
  10. Chapter 15Happy Jack’s Run for Life
  11. Chapter 16Who Saved Happy Jack Squirrel?
  12. Chapter 17XVI: Happy Jack Misses Farmer Brown’s Boy
  13. Chapter 18XVII: Tommy Tit Brings News
  14. Chapter 19Happy Jack Decides to Make a Call
  15. Chapter 20XIX: Tommy Tit and Happy Jack Pay a Visit
  16. Chapter 21Happy Jack Squirrel Grows Very Bold
  17. Chapter 22Happy Jack Dares Tommy Tit
  18. Chapter 23Sammy Jay Is Quite Upset
  19. Chapter 24A Dream Comes True
  20. Chapter 25XXV: Happy Jack Has a Happy Thought
  21. Chapter 26Farmer Brown’s Boy Wakes with a Start
  22. Chapter 27XXVII: Happy Jack Is Afraid to Go Home
  23. Chapter 28XXVIII: Happy Jack Finds a New Home
  24. Chapter 29XXIX: Farmer Brown’s Boy Takes a Prisoner
  25. Chapter 30A Prisoner Without Fear
  26. Chapter 31What Farmer Brown’s Boy Did with Shadow
  27. Chapter 32XXXII: Happy Jack Is Perfectly Happy
  28. Chapter 33Sammy Jay Upsets Happy Jack
  29. Chapter 34Mrs. Peter Rabbit
  30. Chapter 35I: Peter Rabbit Loses His Appetite
  31. Chapter 36Peter Rabbit Plans a Journey
  32. Chapter 37Hooty the Owl Changes His Hunting Grounds
  33. Chapter 38IV: The Shadow with Sharp Claws
  34. Chapter 39In the Old Pasture
  35. Chapter 40Peter Rabbit Is Still Lonesome
  36. Chapter 41VII: Peter Finds Tracks
  37. Chapter 42VIII: The Strange Tracks in the Old Pasture
  38. Chapter 43IX: An Unpleasant Surprise
  39. Chapter 44X: Peter Rabbit Almost Decides to Return Home
  40. Chapter 45XI: Peter Rabbit Has a Sudden Change of Mind
  41. Chapter 46XII: Peter Learns Something from Tommy Tit
  42. Chapter 47Little Miss Fuzzytail
  43. Chapter 48Someone Fools Old Jed Thumper
  44. Chapter 49A Pleasant Surprise for Peter
  45. Chapter 50XVI: Peter Rabbit’s Looking-Glass
  46. Chapter 51Peter Meets Miss Fuzzytail
  47. Chapter 52Tommy Tit Proves a Friend Indeed
  48. Chapter 53Old Man Coyote Pays a Debt
  49. Chapter 54Little Miss Fuzzytail Whispers 'Yes'
  50. Chapter 55Peter and Little Miss Fuzzytail Leave the Old Pasture
  51. Chapter 56Sammy Jay Becomes Curious
  52. Chapter 57Peter Introduces Mrs. Peter
  53. Chapter 58XXIV: Danny Meadow Mouse Warns Peter Rabbit
  54. Chapter 59Peter Rabbit’s Heedlessness
  55. Chapter 60Peter Rabbit Listens to Mrs. Peter
  56. Chapter 61XXVII: Mistah Mocker Plays a Joke on Mrs. Peter
  57. Chapter 62News from the Old Briar-Patch
  58. Chapter 63XXIX: Jimmy Skunk Visits Peter Rabbit
  59. Chapter 64XXX: Reddy Fox Learns the Secret
  60. Chapter 65XXXI: Blacky the Crow Has Sharp Eyes
  61. Chapter 66Peter Rabbit's Nursery
  62. Chapter 67Bowser the Hound
  63. Chapter 68I: Old Man Coyote Leads Bowser Away
  64. Chapter 69Old Man Coyote Plays a Trick
  65. Chapter 70What Happened to Bowser
  66. Chapter 71IV: Poor Bowser
  67. Chapter 72Bowser Spends a Bad Night
  68. Chapter 73VI: The Surprise of Blacky the Crow
  69. Chapter 74VII: Blacky the Crow Takes Pity on Bowser
  70. Chapter 75How Blacky the Crow Helped Bowser
  71. Chapter 76IX: Old Man Coyote Gives Out Dark Hints
  72. Chapter 77X: How Reddy Fox Investigated
  73. Chapter 78XI: A Little Unpleasantness
  74. Chapter 79The Cleverness of Old Man Coyote
  75. Chapter 80XIII: The Mischievous Little Night Breeze
  76. Chapter 81The Difference Between Being Inside and Outside
  77. Chapter 82XV: Reddy's Forlorn Chance
  78. Chapter 83Why Reddy Went Without a Chicken Dinner
  79. Chapter 84XVII: Farmer Brown’s Boy Drops a Pan of Corn
  80. Chapter 85Mutual Relief
  81. Chapter 86Where Was Bowser the Hound?
  82. Chapter 87Where Bowser Was
  83. Chapter 88Bowser Becomes a Prisoner
  84. Chapter 89XXII: Farmer Brown’s Boy Looks in Vain
  85. Chapter 90Bowser's Great Voice
  86. Chapter 91Blacky Tries to Get Help
  87. Chapter 92XXV: Blacky Calls on Reddy Fox
  88. Chapter 93Red Wits and Black Wits
  89. Chapter 94The Artfulness of Blacky
  90. Chapter 95Reddy Fox Dreams of Chickens
  91. Chapter 96Reddy Tries to Arouse Blacky's Pity
  92. Chapter 97Blacky the Crow Is All Pity
  93. Chapter 98Blacky Is Much Pleased with Himself
  94. Chapter 99XXXII: Blacky Waits for Reddy
  95. Chapter 100XXXIII: Reddy Watches the Fat Hens
  96. Chapter 101Patience and Impatience
  97. Chapter 102Things Happen All at Once
  98. Chapter 103Reddy Hides the Fat Hen
  99. Chapter 104XXXVII: Farmer Brown’s Boy Has a Glad Surprise
  100. Chapter 105Reddy Goes Back for His Fat Hen
  101. Chapter 106A Vanished Dinner
  102. Chapter 107Where Was Reddy’s Dinner?
  103. Chapter 108What Blacky the Crow Saw
  104. Chapter 109All Is Well That Ends Well
  105. Chapter 110Old Granny Fox
  106. Chapter 111Reddy Fox Brings Granny News
  107. Chapter 112II: Granny and Reddy Fox Go Hunting
  108. Chapter 113III: Reddy Is Sure Granny Has Lost Her Senses
  109. Chapter 114IV: Quacker the Duck Grows Curious
  110. Chapter 115Reddy Fox Is Afraid to Go Home
  111. Chapter 116Old Granny Fox Is Caught Napping
  112. Chapter 117Granny Fox Has a Bad Dream
  113. Chapter 118What Farmer Brown’s Boy Did
  114. Chapter 119IX: Reddy Fox Hears About Granny Fox
  115. Chapter 120Reddy Fox Is Impudent
  116. Chapter 121After the Storm
  117. Chapter 122XII: Granny and Reddy Fox Hunt in Vain
  118. Chapter 123Granny Fox Admits Growing Old
  119. Chapter 124Three Vain and Foolish Wishes
  120. Chapter 125Reddy Fights a Battle
  121. Chapter 126Reddy Is Made Truly Happy
  122. Chapter 127Granny Fox Promises Reddy Bowser’s Dinner
  123. Chapter 128Why Bowser the Hound Didn’t Eat His Dinner
  124. Chapter 129Old Man Coyote Does a Little Thinking
  125. Chapter 130XX: A Twice Stolen Dinner
  126. Chapter 131Granny and Reddy Talk Things Over
  127. Chapter 132Granny Fox Plans to Get a Fat Hen
  128. Chapter 133XXIII: Farmer Brown’s Boy Forgets to Close the Gate
  129. Chapter 134A Midnight Visit
  130. Chapter 135A Dinner for Two
  131. Chapter 136XXVI: Farmer Brown’s Boy Sets a Trap
  132. Chapter 137Prickly Porky Takes a Sun Bath
  133. Chapter 138The New Home in the Old Pasture