Chapter I: Front Matter

POPPY OTT
AND THE STUTTERING PARROT

_Poppy Ott and the Stuttering Parrot._ _Frontispiece_--(_Page 133_)]

POPPY OTT
AND THE
STUTTERING PARROT

BY
LEO EDWARDS

AUTHOR OF

THE POPPY OTT BOOKS
THE JERRY TODD BOOKS

ILLUSTRATED BY

BERT SALG

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP

To
GLENN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I POPPY OTT 1
II IN THE PARROT STORE 19
III THE STUTTERING PARROT 29
IV OUR NEW CHUM 40
V OLD CALEB’S QUEER STORY 51
VI UP THE CREEK 59
VII FOUR WHEELBARROWS 68
VIII THE ESCAPED PARROT 73
IX VOODOOISM 82
X THE ROBBERY 96
XI RED’S PREDICAMENT 113
XII THE BURGLAR 127
XIII POOR POLLY! 132
XIV THE VANISHED TOWNSMAN 139
XV A WILD NIGHT 155
XVI THE EMPTY GRAVE 163
XVII IN THE OLD MANSE 174
XVIII THE HAUNTED CISTERN 190
XIX VOODOOED 199
XX WHAT WE CAPTURED 209

LEO EDWARDS’ BOOKS

Here is a complete list of Leo Edwards’
published books:

THE JERRY TODD SERIES

JERRY TODD AND THE WHISPERING MUMMY
JERRY TODD AND THE ROSE-COLORED CAT
JERRY TODD AND THE OAK ISLAND TREASURE
JERRY TODD AND THE WALTZING HEN
JERRY TODD AND THE TALKING FROG
JERRY TODD AND THE PURRING EGG
JERRY TODD IN THE WHISPERING CAVE
JERRY TODD, PIRATE
JERRY TODD AND THE BOB-TAILED ELEPHANT
JERRY TODD, EDITOR-IN-GRIEF

THE POPPY OTT SERIES

POPPY OTT AND THE STUTTERING PARROT
POPPY OTT’S SEVEN-LEAGUE STILTS
POPPY OTT AND THE GALLOPING SNAIL
POPPY OTT’S PEDIGREED PICKLES
POPPY OTT AND THE FRECKLED GOLDFISH
POPPY OTT AND THE TITTERING TOTEM
POPPY OTT AND THE PRANCING PANCAKE

THE ANDY BLAKE SERIES

ANDY BLAKE
ANDY BLAKE’S COMET COASTER
ANDY BLAKE’S SECRET SERVICE
ANDY BLAKE AND THE POT OF GOLD

THE TRIGGER BERG SERIES

TRIGGER BERG AND THE TREASURE TREE
TRIGGER BERG AND HIS 700 MOUSE TRAPS

POPPY OTT AND THE STUTTERING PARROT