Chapter I: Front Matter

LIGHTFOOT THE DEER

BY

THORNTON W. BURGESS

_With Illustrations by_ _HARRISON CADY_

GROSSET & DUNLAP

Publishers New York

_Printed by arrangement with Little, Brown, and Company_

COPYRIGHT 1921 BY THORNTON W. BURGESS

ISBN: 0-448-02741-0 (TRADE EDITION)

ISBN: 0-448-13721-6 (LIBRARY EDITION)

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY ARRANGEMENT WITH LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Dedication

TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF OUR

FOUR-FOOTED FRIENDS IN THE GREEN FOREST

WITH THE HOPE THAT THIS LITTLE VOLUME

MAY IN SOME DEGREE AID IN THE

PROTECTION OF THE INNOCENT

AND HELPLESS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I PETER RABBIT MEETS LIGHTFOOT 1

II LIGHTFOOT'S NEW ANTLERS 8

III LIGHTFOOT TELLS HOW HIS ANTLERS GREW 15

IV THE SPIRIT OF FEAR 22

V SAMMY JAY BRINGS LIGHTFOOT WORD 29

VI A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK 34

VII THE MERRY LITTLE BREEZES HELP LIGHTFOOT 39

VIII WIT AGAINST WIT 44

IX LIGHTFOOT BECOMES UNCERTAIN 49

X LIGHTFOOT'S CLEVER TRICK 53

XI THE HUNTED WATCHES THE HUNTER 58

XII LIGHTFOOT VISITS PADDY THE BEAVER 63

XIII LIGHTFOOT AND PADDY BECOME PARTNERS 68

XIV HOW PADDY WARNED LIGHTFOOT 73

XV THE THREE WATCHERS 78

XVI VISITORS TO PADDY'S POND 83

XVII SAMMY JAY ARRIVES 88

XVIII THE HUNTER LOSES HIS TEMPER 93

XIX SAMMY JAY IS MODEST 97

XX LIGHTFOOT HEARS A DREADFUL SOUND 102

XXI HOW LIGHTFOOT GOT RID OF THE HOUNDS 107

XXII LIGHTFOOT'S LONG SWIM 111

XXIII LIGHTFOOT FINDS A FRIEND 116

XXIV THE HUNTER IS DISAPPOINTED 121

XXV THE HUNTER LIES IN WAIT 126

XXVI LIGHTFOOT DOES THE WISE THING 131

XXVII SAMMY JAY WORRIES 136

XXVIII THE HUNTING SEASON ENDS 141

XXIX MR. AND MRS. QUACK ARE STARTLED 146

XXX THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED 151

XXXI A SURPRISING DISCOVERY 156

XXXII LIGHTFOOT SEES THE STRANGER 161

XXXIII A DIFFERENT GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK 165

XXXIV A STARTLING NEW FOOTPRINT 170

XXXV LIGHTFOOT IS RECKLESS 175

XXXVI SAMMY JAY TAKES A HAND 180

XXXVII THE GREAT FIGHT 185

XXXVIII AN UNSEEN WATCHER 190

XXXIX LIGHTFOOT DISCOVERS LOVE 195

XL HAPPY DAYS IN THE GREEN FOREST 200

ILLUSTRATIONS

Wonderfully handsome was Lightfoot
the Deer. Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

"I don't understand these men creatures,"
said Peter to little Mrs. Peter. 28

"My, but that's a beautiful set of antlers
you have!" 71

"I tell you what it is," said Sammy
Jay to Bobby Coon, "something
has happened to Lightfoot." 143

LIGHTFOOT THE DEER