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Length2h 51m
About this audiobook
Thornton W. Burgess was a bird-watching, berry-picking student of nature, who took up writing children's stores including those collected in Old Mother West Wind "Where" Stories (1918). He writes about talking animals, but his characters remain true to their real-life counterparts. Each story explains how Old Mother Nature gives special attention to each creature's needs -- where Grandfather Frog got his big mouth, for example, and where Mr. Quack the duck got his webbed feet. Burgess sets his tales "when the world was young," back when Peter Rabbit's "great-great-ever-so-great grandfather" was a young hopper, and Old Mother Nature still had some work to do on basic designs. She sees that a duck needs webbed feet to swim, and a prairie dog needs a burrow designed to keep dry. Burgess's animals are proud of their unique features and abilities, but the real voice of enthusiasm is the author's own, sharing the delights he found in the woods of New England. Typical of the book's charm is the story of where "Dippy the loon got the name of being crazy." The bird is smarter than he looks -- and that's how Dippy always gets the last laugh.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (129)
Includes Goodreads
GenreRomance, General Fiction
Length2 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byJude Somers
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateApr 27, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Where Grandfather Frog Got His Big Mouth
2Where Miser the Trade Rat First Set up Shop
3Where Yap-Yap the Prairie Dog Used His Wits
4Where Yellow Wing Got His Liking for the Ground
5Where Little Chief Learned to Make Hay
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6Where Glutton the Wolverine Got His Name
7Where Old Mrs. Gator Made the First Incubator
8Where Mr. Quack Got His Webbed Feet
9Where Thunderfoot the Bison Got His Hump
10Where Limberheels Got His Long Tail
11Where Old Mr. Gobbler Got the Strutting Habit
12Where Seek-Seek Got His Pretty Coat
13Where Old Mr. Osprey Learned to Fish
14Where Old Mr. Bob-cat Left His Honor
15Where Dippy the Loon Got the Name of Being Crazy
16Where Big-horn Got His Curved Horns
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