Project Gutenberg 2013-02-06 Public domain in the USA. 149 Pierson, Clara Dillingham Gordon, F. C. 1856 1924 Gordon, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles) Dooryard Stories Silvertip -- The fight for the bird-house -- The fir-tree neighbors -- The industrious flickers -- Plucky Mrs. Polistes -- Silvertip stops a quarrel -- A young swift tumbles -- The very rude young robins -- The systematic yellow-billed cuckoo -- The helpful tumble-bugs -- Silvertip learns a lesson -- The robins' double brood -- The sparrows inside the eaves -- A rainy day on the lawn -- The persistent phoebe -- The sad story of the hog caterpillar -- The cat and the catbird -- The friendly blackbirds. E-text prepared by Greg Bergquist, Matthew Wheaton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://archive.org/details/americana) "Dooryard Stories" by Clara Dillingham Pierson is a collection of charming narratives centered around the lives of various animals and their interactions in a domestic setting, written in the early 20th century. The stories primarily feature Silvertip the kitten as he observes and engages with his neighborhood's rich tapestry of wildlife, including birds, insects, and other small creatures. Through these tales, readers are invited to explore themes of nature, curiosity, and the joy of discovery in everyday life. The opening of the collection introduces Silvertip, a small and wet kitten, who desperately seeks a home as he wanders in the rain. His determination leads him to follow a lady who eventually takes him in, though their initial promise to avoid adopting cats creates a moment of tension. Meanwhile, the reader is also introduced to the varied lives of the birds and insects that inhabit the surrounding environment. The stories highlight both Silvertip's adventures and the experiences of the animal neighbors, setting the stage for whimsical and heartwarming tales about life in a dooryard. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42035/42035-h/images/cover.jpg en Animals -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 248429 248166 2024-09-17T14:56:46.457736 2023-09-18T09:41:36.015615 text/html text/html 251205 2013-02-06T16:16:02 text/html 802123 2013-02-06T16:19:00 text/html application/zip 866794 2024-09-17T14:56:51.227665 application/epub+zip 865823 2024-09-17T14:56:47.332682 application/epub+zip 152393 2024-09-17T14:56:46.889774 application/epub+zip 936509 2024-09-17T14:56:54.382651 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 904744 2024-09-17T14:56:50.822648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194378 2022-09-19T08:32:50.066000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222180 2024-09-17T14:56:45.921683 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 225079 2020-06-15T15:50:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 80835 2020-06-15T15:50:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 221717 2013-02-06T16:08:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 80482 2013-02-06T16:08:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 221734 2013-02-06T16:08:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 80485 2013-02-06T16:08:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22253 2024-09-17T14:56:54.532648 application/rdf+xml 17262 2024-09-17T14:56:46.982669 image/jpeg 2938 2024-09-17T14:56:46.933680 image/jpeg 805776 2024-09-17T14:56:46.537701 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog