POOR CECCO
“ Mind your own business,” said Murrum, the cat. “Everything’s my business,” said Toad, the night watchman. “I have too much to look after, and that’s what it is. It keeps me on the hop the whole time. Dearie me! What’s all that noise?” “Why, the toys, to be sure,” said Murrum. “I turned the button on the toy-cupboard door, and they can’t get out.”
POOR CECCO
BY
MARGERY WILLIAMS BIANCO
Author of “THE VELVETEEN RABBIT”
ILLUSTRATED BY
ARTHUR RACKHAM
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1925,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE COMPANY, INC.
POOR CECCO
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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO
PAMELA and CECCO
WHOSE BOOK THIS IS
CONTENTS
| I |
| II |
| III |
| IV |
| V |
| VI | THE STORM 57 |
| VII | JENSINA 64 |
| VIII | THE PURSUIT 75 |
| IX |
| X |
| XI |
| XII | THE LETTUCE BOX 108 |
| XIII | MURRUM’S REVENGE 116 |
| XIV | WHERE IS TUBBY? 124 |
| XV |
| XVI |
| XVII |
| XVIII | THE RESCUE 160 |
| XIX | THE WEDDING 170 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
“MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS,” SAID MURRUM THE CAT Frontispiece |
POOR CECCO GOES INTO BUSINESS 43 |
JENSINA’S COTTAGE 69 |
JENSINA PROVES A BORN HOUSEWIFE 91 |
MURRUM’S REVENGE 119 |
IN THE TOY CUPBOARD 135 |
THE PEACE TREATY 165 |
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