Children's Bedtime Story: GRANDFATHER FROG STAYS IN THE SMILING POOL - Thornton Burgess - A Vintage Collection Edition Paddy the Beaver has not been seen all summer long! But someone heard him say last spring he was going to make a new pool further up stream. And now the water level in the Smiling Pool has suddenly dropped! Venture within and follow the furry animal creatures of the Green Forest as they search for the answer. A wonderful adventure by Naturalist, Thornton Burgess with illustrations by Harrison Cady. Originally a short cartoon story, makes this ideal for a single bedtime adventure. Chosen from the Vintage Collection of author, R.F. Gilmor, for a new generation of young readers and for little hands to hold and to love.