Coot Club. Arthur Ransome

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      FIRST NIGHT IN THE TITMOUSE

       This is a Godine Storyteller

      published in 1990 by

      DAVID R. GODINE, Publisher

      Post Office Box 450

      Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452

       www.godine.com

      First published in 1934 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.; revised edition published in 1982

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier edition as follows: Ransome, Arthur, 1884–1967

      Coot club / Arthur Ransome: Illustrated by the author.

      p. cm— (A Godine storyteller)

      Summary: Dorothy and Dick have an adventure in the English countryside, involving frantic chases, calamitous boat collisions, and the attempts of their friends to protect nesting birds from rude holiday boaters.

      ISBN 0-87923-787-2

      [1. Boats and boating—Fiction. 2. Wildlife rescue—Fiction.

      3. England—Fiction.] I. Title. II. Series.

      PZ7.R175CO 1990 89-45348 CIP AC

      [Fic]— dc19

      Printed on acid-free paper.

      Print ISBN: 978-1-56792-501-2

      Ebook ISBN: 978-1-56792-638-5

      CONTENTS

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BOOK ONE COOTS AND FOREIGNERS
I	Just In Time
II	Disappointment
III	What’s the Good of Planning?
IV	The Only Thing To Do
V	Aboard the Teasel
VI	Put Yourself In His Place
VII	Invitation
VIII	The Innocents
IX	The Making of an Outlaw
X	Lying Low
XI	Tom In Danger
XII	Under the Enemy’s Nose
XIII	The Titmouse Disguised
XIV	Neighbours at Potter Heigham
XV	Port and Starboard Say Good-Bye
BOOK TWO IN SOUTHERN WATERS
XVI	Southward Bound
XVII	Port and Starboard Miss Their Ship
XVIII	Through Yarmouth
XIX	Sir Garnet Obliges Friends
XX	While the Wind Holds
XXI	Come Along and Welcome
XXII	The Return of the Native