Drummer the Woodpecker Drums in Vain

The Adventures of Reddy Fox (version 2)

by Thornton W. BURGESS (1874 - 1965)

This timeless story tells of an overconfident little fox who steals a plump pet hen and is hotly pursued by Farmer Brown's boy and Bowser the Hound. Children will delight in Reddy's risky antics and the commotion his behavior causes among the other woodland creatures. Grandma Fox tries her best to teach him and Reddy tries very hard to be good but his curiosity is always finding ways to get him into even more trouble. Thornton Burgess was a conservationist who loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years in books and his newspaper column, Bedtime Stories. (Summary by Wikipedia and Phil Chenevert)

Listen next episodes of The Adventures of Reddy Fox (version 2):
Farmer Brown's Boy Is Determined , Farmer Brown's Boy Works for Nothing , Granny and Reddy Have To Move , Granny Fox Calls Jimmy Skunk Names , Granny Fox Finds What Became of the Chicken , Granny Fox Has a Terrible Scare , Granny Fox Returns , Granny Fox Takes Care of Reddy , Ol' Mistah Buzzard's Keen Sight , Old Granny Fox Makes a Mistake , Peter Rabbit Hears the News , Peter Rabbit Makes a Discovery , Poor Reddy Fox , Reddy Fox Disobeys , Reddy Fox Has a Visitor , Reddy Grows Careless , The Hunt for Reddy Fox , The Lost Chicken , Too Late Reddy Fox Hears , Unc' Billy Possum Gives Warning , Unc' Billy Possum Visits the Smiling Pool