Books with author William Downey

Excerpt from Teenie Weenie NeighborsTH E Teenie Weenies have a great many pleasant neighbors among the birds, chipmunks, mice, squirrels, and rabbits that live near Teenie Weenie Town. One reason for this is that the town stands in a great tangle of weeds, briers, and bushes where big people never go. Small animals and birds live in this brushy spot for exactly the same reason as the Teenie Weenies - to keep out of the way of big folks.It isn't because they dislike big people that the Teenie Weenies and their neighbors choose this tangled spot, but because they are all so very small. Most-big people would never think of harming little creatures but they are often careless, and a very simple thing sometimes becomes a great accident to such small folks.Once a careless boy threw a snowball into the thicket where the Teenie Weenie town stands. The ball landed near the Chinaman's laundry and rolled into the old teapot, completely wrecking the tiny steps that lead up to the doorway. If the Chinaman had been standing on those steps, it would have been the last of that quaint little chap. A banana peel is tossed aside very easily by big people, but if it should fall on a Teenie Weenie that would be just as dangerous to him as it would be for a big person to have half the roof of a large house hit him. It takes three or four of the strongest Teenie Weenies to drag a banana peel over the ground.Big people are very curious about small animals and birds and often try to catch them. That is why the birds and animals almost always live in places where big people seldom go. Many big people would love to capture a Teenie Weenie and keep it in a cage, but a Teenie Weenie would not like that any more than a big person would like to be caught by a giant. That is one of the reasons why Teenie Weenies keep out of sight.Living so near to the birds and small animals, the Teenie Weenies naturally make friends with these neighbors. The little people have found out that the birds and animals can be most neighborly and helpful, and the Teenie Weenies often help the birds and animals too. Nick, the squirrel, is one of their close friends. He helps the Teenie Weemes dig their vegetables with his sharp claws. He sometimes pulls their sled when they are storing up nuts for winter use, and the Teenie Weenies help Nick gather nuts for his own storehouse.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Young children love the delightful little Teenie Weenies, who are a kindly, clever, jolly folk, always ready and anxious to do a kind deed. In their snug little home beneath a friendly rosebush the Teenie Weenies live a happy life, filled with pleasant everyday happenings and also with an occasional adventure. The Dunce, forever getting into trouble; Mr. and Mrs. Lover and the Twins; the General, always fearless and brave; the Lady of Fashion, the Cowboy, and the Chinaman —these and all the other Teenie Weenies are such fascinating characters that every young child will want to read more and more stories about them.