Watermelon Pete and Others

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Gordon Elizabeth. Watermelon Pete and Others

WATERMELON PETE

PIGGY’S THISTLE WHISTLE

LADY BUG GOES SHOPPING

LITTLE BABY ELEPHANT AND HIS NEW CLOTHES

LITTLE BROWN HEN

THE LITTLE BROWN DOG AND THE LITTLE WHITE CAT

THE WOODPECKER BIRD AND THE OWL

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Once there was a little darky boy, and his name was Watermelon Pete. They called him Watermelon Pete because his mouth was just the shape of a big, slice of ripe watermelon.

One night when old Mr. Moon was looking in Watermelon Pete’s window, and shining so bright that he couldn’t go to sleep at all, all at once he began to feel hungry. And he said, “Oh, dear, I wish I had a nice big piece of watermelon to eat!”

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Then little Mrs. Hoppy Toad came out from under a burdock leaf where she lived, and said in her funny little way-up-high voice, “Farmer Brown, I know who ate your watermelons!”

“Do you, Mrs. Hoppy Toad?” said Farmer Brown. “And will you tell me who it is?”

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