# Green Meadow Stories — Character guide

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

- [Reddy Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/reddy_fox.md): Reddy shares a den and a constant, gnawing hunger with Old Granny Fox, who hunts one way while he hunts another so the pair has a better chance of finding a meal. He thinks a fox with any sense can fool Bowser, but Grann
- [Peter Rabbit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/peter_rabbit.md): Peter has returned from the Old Pasture with a new wife, and he is not quite ready to let all the world know there is a Mrs. Peter. When Sammy Jay comes prying, Peter hides her under the thickest sweetbriar bush and then
- [Old Granny Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/old_granny_fox.md): Granny and Reddy are so hungry that they visit Farmer Brown's henhouse two nights running, only to find it locked tight. She refuses to try for a hen by daylight, warning that Bowser would be set on their trail and that 
- [Happy Jack Squirrel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/happy_jack_squirrel.md): Happy Jack is up before the sun and humming a little song about nuts that are all for him, but he is not willing that Chatterer the Red Squirrel should have a single one. When a fat nut slips from his hands and lands on 
- [Old Man Coyote](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/old_man_coyote.md): He once did Peter Rabbit a good turn and then tried to catch him the very next time they met, which leaves Peter scratching his head in honest confusion. Little Mrs. Peter explains it plainly: a good turn paid back makes
- [Bowser the Hound](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/bowser_the_hound.md): When Bowser is following Reddy Fox, nothing short of losing the trail will make him stop, and Farmer Brown's boy knows that voice among a million and runs across the snowy fields just to hear it. For once Bowser forgets 
- [Blacky the Crow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/blacky_the_crow.md): Blacky patrols the Green Forest and Green Meadows with the sharpest eyes around, and nothing escapes him when he is about. Folks expect the worst of him, so his good deeds go unseen while his tricks earn him a coat-black
- [Danny Meadow Mouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/danny_meadow_mouse.md): Danny is one of Peter Rabbit's truest friends, small enough to hide in a corner of the Old Briar-patch and wise enough to know when not to go home. He waits until the other visitors have gone, then stands on his hind leg
- [Shadow the Weasel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/shadow_the_weasel.md): Shadow is the terror that turns a pleasant morning in the Green Forest into a desperate race, and he does not stop for anything but a greater will. When he chases Happy Jack Squirrel across the snow, he follows right up 
- [Tommy Tit the Chickadee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/tommy_tit_chickadee.md): Tommy Tit is the friend everyone trusts with a confidence, whether he is feeding six babies in a hollow birch-stub or trading winks with Little Miss Fuzzytail beneath a bramble-bush. It is Tommy who tells her all about P
- [Sammy Jay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/sammy_jay.md): Sammy Jay misses very little in the Green Forest, and he is quick to needle Happy Jack about his new boldness. When Happy Jack dares him to follow to Farmer Brown's house, Sammy takes the challenge, only to watch his fri
- [Little Miss Fuzzytail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/little_miss_fuzzytail.md): Little Miss Fuzzytail is the neatest rabbit in the Old Pasture, and she has never lived anywhere else. She loves Peter Rabbit, but the thought of leaving the only home she has known holds her back, even as her father Old
- [Jenny Wren](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/jenny_wren.md): A talkative little bird who knows everyone's business.
- [Farmer Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/farmer_brown.md): Farmer Brown and his boy anchor the world just beyond the Green Forest, the place where pockets rustle, whistles carry, and danger in the form of traps and cats quietly originates. The creatures' feelings about him are c
- [Old Jed Thumper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/old_jed_thumper.md): An old rabbit who is easily fooled by Peter's tricks.
- [Chatterer the Red Squirrel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/chatterer_red_squirrel.md): A noisy red squirrel who often argues with Happy Jack.
- [Quacker the Wild Duck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/quacker_wild_duck.md): A cautious duck who becomes curious about Granny Fox's plans.
- [Jimmy Skunk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/jimmy_skunk.md): A slow-moving skunk who is generally left alone by predators.
- [Prickly Porky the Porcupine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/prickly_porky.md): A slow porcupine with sharp quills who enjoys sunbathing.
- [Mistah Mockingbird](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/mistah_mockingbird.md): A talented mimic bird who amuses the other animals.
- [Black Pussy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/black_pussy.md): A feared black cat who hunts in the Green Meadow.
- [Mrs. Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/mrs_brown.md): Farmer Brown's wife who helps around the farm.
- [Mr. Goshawk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/mr_goshawk.md): A fierce hawk that preys on small animals.
- [Billy Mink](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/billy_mink.md): A sleek and quick mink who lives near the water.
- [Johnny Chuck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/johnny_chuck.md): A friendly woodchuck who lives in the old pasture.
- [Mistah Buzzard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/mistah_buzzard.md): A soaring buzzard who watches from above.
- [Mrs. Peter Rabbit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_meadow_stories_se/characters/mrs_peter_rabbit.md): She is Old Jed Thumper's daughter, living under his bull-briar rule in the Old Pasture, and the object of Peter Rabbit's hopeful, persistent heart. Her tenderness toward Peter collides with her fear of her father's tempe

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