Old Mother West Wind has a lot of friends in the Green Forest, among them Reddy Fox, Happy Jack Squirrel, old Mr.Toad, Billy Mink, Little Joe Otter, and Jerry Muskrat.And, of course, she and the Merry Little Breezes (all members of her family) are always ready to help if trouble comes their way.And one day it does!

A mysterious stranger comes to live in their neighborhood, making the regular inhabitants extremely curious and more than a bit nervous.Who is this creature and how does he manage to protect himself from even the fiercest of the animals--including Bowser the Hound?Noted for his good-natured humor and gentle lessons about wildlife, master storyteller Thornton Burgess invites youngsters once again into the timeless world of the Smiling Pool and Green Meadows.

There is a stranger in the Green Forest.He has short legs; he eats bark; and he has sharp quills sticking out of his fur.This creature can even roll up in a ball when threatened.Everyone in the Green Forest is curious about this new stranger! This is the tale of Prickly Porky the Porcupine.As you read this book, you will learn how he came to the Green Forest and won the respect of all the lit-tle meadow folk and forest animals.Prickly Porky is just one of the new characters that you will meet when reading Mother West Wind"s Animal Friends.This book was written back in 1912.by children"s author Thornton W.Burgess.Beginning in 1910, Mr.Burgess wrote over 170 different children"s books.

 I.The Merry Little Breezes Save

 the Green Meadows

II.The Stranger in the Green Forest

III.How Prickly PorkY Got His Quills

IV.Peter Rabbit"s Egg Rolling

 V.How Johnny Chuck Ran Away

VI.Peter Rabbit"s Run for Life

VII.A Joker Fooled

VIII.The Fuss in the Big Pine

IX.Johnny Chuck Finds a Use

 for His Back Door

 X.Billy Mink Goes Dinnerless

XI.Grandfather Frog"s Journey

XII.Why Blacky the Crow Wears Mourning.

XIII.Striped Chipmunk Fools Peter Rabbit

XIV.Jerry Muskrat"s New House

XV.Peter Rabbit"s Big Cousin

Suddenly he met Mr.Panther

Reddy strutted out in front of him

"Who areyou?" he demanded

"Please, please wait for me, Peter

Rabbit," panted Johnny Chuck

"Come on with us to the Big River,

fishing," called Billy Mink

Peter was so surprisedthat he nearly

fell backward

"I"m going to build a house,"

replied Jerry Muskrat