But Billy Mink is so slim , he moves so quickly , and his wits are so sharp , that he is not seen half so often as the others . With Billy Mink came his cousin , Shadow the Weasel , who is sly and cruel . No one likes Shadow the Weasel . Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat came . They were late , for the legs of Little Joe Otter are so short that he is a slow traveler on land , while Jerry Muskrat feels much more at home in the water than on the dry ground . Of course Peter Rabbit was there . Without him no party on the Green Meadows would be complete , and Peter likes to be abroad at night even better than by day . With Peter came his cousin , Jumper the Hare , who had come down from the Pine Forest for a visit . Boomer the Nighthawk and Hooty the Owl completed the party , though Hooty had not been invited and no one knew that he was there . Each was to contribute something to the feast -- the thing that he liked best . Such an array as Mother Moon looked down upon ! Reddy Fox had brought a plump , tender chicken , stolen from Farmer Brown 's dooryard . Very quietly , like a thin , brown shadow , Billy Mink had slipped up to the duck pond and -- alas ! Now Mother Quack had one less in her pretty little flock than when as jolly , round , red Mr. Sun went to bed behind the Purple Hills , she had counted her babies as they tucked their heads under their wings . Little Joe Otter had been fishing and he brought a great fat brother of the lamented Tommy Trout , who did n't mind . Jerry Muskrat brought up from the mud of the river bottom some fine fresh water clams , of which he is very fond . Jimmy Skunk stole three big eggs from the nest of old Gray Goose . Peter Rabbit and Jumper the Hare rolled up a great , tender , fresh cabbage . Boomer the Nighthawk said that he was very sorry , but he was on a diet of insects , which he must swallow one at a time , so to save trouble he had swallowed them as he caught them . Now Hooty the Owl is a glutton and is lazy .
`` Reddy Fox and Jimmy Skunk and Billy XXXXX are sure to bring somethink -LSB- Transcriber 's note : something ? -RSB-
Boomer Brown Forest Fox Hills Meadows Mink Moon Otter glutton