Doctor Rabbit and Tom Wildcat

Chapter 23: THE CAT THAT FIDDLED

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About This Book

A collection of short, episodic tales set in the Big Green Woods centers on Doctor Rabbit, a clever woodland physician who treats injured neighbors and thwarts Tom Wildcat’s predatory schemes. Each vignette combines gentle humor and mild suspense as animals such as Jack Rabbit, O. Possum, Stubby Woodchuck, and Chatty Red Squirrel experience mishaps, recoveries, near-captures, and surprises. Stories alternate scenes of practical care, cunning plans, and quick escapes, emphasizing community resourcefulness and the playful rivalry between healer and hunter while portraying the habits and personalities of the forest creatures.

THE CAT THAT FIDDLED

You’ve known Tom, the Piper’s son, for a long, long time, but did you ever know that he had a pet cat which fiddled so merrily that even the King just couldn’t keep his feet still? And did you know that Little Miss Muffet had a Mother who had an Aunt who could be cured of a sick-a-bed illness only by eating hot buttered muffins? And did you know—O, ever so many more things about your Mother Goose friends? If you didn’t, let Louise A. Garnett and James McCracken tell you in The Merrymakers. Rand McNally & Company have made their rimes and pictures into a book which you may buy in the shops for $1.00.