The Burgess Animal Book For Children in "Johnny Chuck Joins The Class"

As a rule he can find plenty to eat very near his home, so he seldom goes far from his own doorstep. Ryder left him grumbling and growling, and chuckled to himself all the way back to the dear Old Briar-patch. He knew that Johnny Chuck would not dare disobey Old Mother Nature.

Sure enough, the next morning Johnny Chuck came waddling through the Green Forest just as Old Mother Nature was about to open school.