Old_Mother_West_Wind

作者：Thornton W. Burgess

播音：Laurie Anne Walden

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ThorntonWaldoBurgess(January14,1874–June5,1965)wasaconservationistandauthorofchildren'sstories.Helovedthebeautyofnatureanditslivingcreaturessomuchthathewroteaboutthemfor50years.Bythetimeheretired,hehadwrittenmorethan170books.Manyofhisoutdoorobservationsinnaturewereusedasplotsforhisstories.Inhisfirstbook,"OldMotherWestWind,"publishedin1910,thereadermeetsmanyofthecharactersfoundinlaterbooksandstories.ThesecharactersincludePeterRabbit,JimmySkunk,SammyJay,BobbyRaccoon,JoeOtter,GrandfatherFrog,BillyMink,JerryMuskrat,SpottytheTurtleandofcourse,OldMotherWestWindandherMerryLittleBreezes.Notetoparentsofverysmallchildren:inChapter15,littleTommyTroutgetseatenbyapickerel.