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THE HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS PEOPLEFrontispiece

MAP OF THE HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS COUNTRY4

GATHERING NICE PIECES OF WOOD17

THE PANTRY IN THE HOLLOW TREE24

"SLIPPED IN BEHIND HIM WHEN HE WENT INTO THE TENT"29

"HE LOOKED SMILING AND GOOD-NATURED, AND I WENT OVER TO ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS"31

"GAVE ME AN EXTRA BIG SWING AND CRACK"35

ALL AT ONCE HE HEARD A FIERCE BARK CLOSE BEHIND HIM43

"THEN I SUDDENLY FELT LIKE A SHOOTING-STAR"47

"THEN MR. DOG SAID, 'TELL ME ANOTHER'"49

"AND DID ROLL OFF THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, SURE ENOUGH"53

"I SET OUT FOR HOME WITHOUT WAITING TO SAY GOOD-BYE"55

CAME CLATTERING DOWN RIGHT IN FRONT OF MR. DOG61

SO THEN MR. DOG TRIED TO GET MR. 'POSSUM ON HIS SHOULDER64

HE WAS AN OLD BACHELOR AND LIKED TO HAVE HIS OWN WAY67

THEY SAW MR. CROW OUT IN THE YARD CUTTING WOOD FOR HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW69

HAD TO STAY AT HOME AND PEEL POTATOES75

LISTENED NOW AND THEN AT WIDOW CROW'S DOOR TO BE SURE SHE WAS ASLEEP79

MR. 'POSSUM SAID HE'D JUST GET ON AND HOLD THE THINGS81

MR. 'POSSUM AND MR. 'COON TRIED TO PUT UP THE STOVE83

MR. FOX SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO FOR A FEW MINUTES AND HE'D ACT AS JUDGE93

SAILING ALONG, JUST TOUCHING THE HIGHEST POINTS97

AWAY WENT MR. TORTOISE, CLEAR OVER THE TOP RAIL99

SET OUT FOR HOME BY A BACK WAY101

TRIED TO SPLICE HIS PROPERTY BACK IN PLACE107

GRANDFATHER WOULD LIGHT HIS PIPE AND THINK IT OVER109

SET UP HIS EARS AND WENT BY, LICKETY-SPLIT111

"'GLAD TO SEE YOU,' SAID KING LION; 'I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT HAVING A NICE RABBIT FOR BREAKFAST'"113

GOT AROUND THE TABLE AND BEGAN TO WORK125

MR. 'POSSUM WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MR. RABBIT MEANT BY SPINNING THEIR TAILS129

MR. DOG SAID HE HAD MADE A FEW SKETCHES133

MR. 'POSSUM SAID IT MIGHT BE A GOOD ENOUGH STORY, BUT IT COULDN'T BE TRUE137

SO THEN MR. RABBIT SAID THEY MUST CHOOSE WHO WOULD BE "IT"147

MR. 'POSSUM HAD TO PUT ON THE HANDKERCHIEF AND DO MORE EXERCISING THAN ANY OF THEM149

WOULD FIND IT ON THE MANTEL-SHELF OR PERHAPS ON MR. CROW'S BALD HEAD152

MR. 'POSSUM SAID HE HADN'T MEANT ANYTHING AT ALL BY WHAT HE HAD SAID ABOUT THE STORY162

AND SO THIS CAT GREW RICH AND FAT164

HIS CLERKS167

A SOLEMN LOOK WAS IN HIS FACE168

QUOTH HE, "MY PRIDE IS SATISFIED; THIS KINGDOM BUSINESS DOES NOT PAY"171

AUNT MELISSY HAD ARRANGED A BUNDLE FOR UNCLE SILAS, AND SHE HAD FIXED UP THE HIRED MAN TOO179

DIDN'T LOOK AS IF SHE BELONGED TO THE REST OF OUR CROWD181

THE BALLOON WENT OVER THE WIDE BLUE WATER JUST AFTER IT GOT OUR FAMILY184

MR. TURTLE SAID THAT WHAT MR. 'POSSUM HAD TOLD THEM WAS TRUE189

ONE DAY MR. CROW FOUND HE WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL OF EVERYTHING195

THEN MR. 'COON SLAMMED HIS DOOR199

MR. 'POSSUM SAID NOT TO MOVE, THAT HE WOULD GO AFTER A PIECE OF WOOD201

HE WOULD SMOKE IN THE SUN WHEN THE MORNINGS WERE FAIR203

WITH A LOOK AND A SIGH THEY WOULD STAND AND BEHOLD204

THE TASTIEST PASTRY THAT EVER WAS KNOWN205

THEN TO STIR AND TO BAKE HE BEGAN RIGHT AWAY206

THE GREEDY OLD RAVEN, BUT GREEDY NO MORE208

LOOKED STRAIGHT AT MR. 'POSSUM AND SAID, "WHAT WAS THAT YOU WERE CHEWING JUST NOW?"211

THEY WENT ALONG, SAYING WHAT A NICE MAN THEY THOUGHT MR. BEAR WAS224

MR. BEAR MUST HAVE BEEN VERY TIRED AND GONE TO SLEEP RIGHT WHERE HE WAS226

MR. 'COON SCRATCHED HIS BACK AGAINST A LITTLE BUSH234

MR. RABBIT THANKED HIM FROM ACROSS THE RIVER237

ONE SAID IT WAS ONE WAY AND THE OTHER THE OTHER WAY247

MR. CROW DECIDED TO THIN OUT A FEW OF JACK RABBIT'S THINGS251

MR. CROW WAS ALMOST AFRAID TO BRING ON THE SALAD255

JACK RABBIT CAPERED AND LAUGHED ALL THE WAY HOME259

TOOK HER PARASOL AND HER RETICULE AND A CAN OF BERRIES, AND STARTED265

AND HE MADE SOME STRIPES, TOO—MOSTLY ON TOP OF THE STOVE267

LITTLE JACK KNEW PERFECTLY WELL THAT SHE WASN'T AT ALL PLEASED269

PROMISED NEVER TO DISOBEY HIS MOTHER AGAIN271

AND HE TASTED OF THAT A LITTLE, TOO278

MR. 'POSSUM LEANED HIS BACK AGAINST A TREE AND READ HIMSELF TO SLEEP280

SO MR. 'POSSUM PROMISED, AND MR. 'COON UNTIED HIM282

"AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY SAW?"284