Chapter I: Had Made a Miss-Dip, and Everybody Was Looking at Me 29

MR. RABBIT SAID HE COULD HARDLY GET TO HICKORY WHACK'S
DESK 31

MR. OWL LOOKED AT HIS TONGUE AND FELT HIS PULSE 37

IN A LITTLE WHILE HE HAD THIS FINE, FAT CHICKEN 39

MR. CROW SAID IF MR. 'POSSUM WAS STILL WITH THEM NEXT
MORNING THEY WOULD SEND FOR ANOTHER DOCTOR 41

WHEN THE DUMPLING WAS GONE HE FISHED UP A LEG AND
ATE THAT 43

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY SUNDAY COAT ON?" 47

A CATFISH NEARLY JERKED HIS POLE OUT OF HIS HANDS 53

OLD MAN MOCCASIN WAS ONLY ABOUT TWENTY FEET AWAY 57

"NOW FLY!" HE SAYS, AND DOWN I WENT 63

"YES," SAID MR. TURTLE, "THAT'S WHERE I STRUCK" 67

SHE WOULD MAKE WINTERS HELP MY YOUNG LADY COUSIN
DO THE DISHES 73

UNCLE SILAS HAD GONE TO SLEEP WITH A POTATO IN HIS HAND 77

THAT NIGHT WINTERS AND I TALKED IT OVER 79

SENT ME SAILING UP INTO THE SKY 83

HE LAUGHED MORE THAN I EVER SAW HIM LAUGH AT ANYTHING 85

HE DIDN'T EAT THE BREAD AT ALL, BUT JUST ATE UP THE
MOLASSES 91

SAT DOWN ON THE STONE TO THINK AGAIN AND CRY SOME
MORE 95

AND THEN PRETTY SOON IT COMMENCED TO RUN BETTER 97

IT GAVE HIM SUCH A SICK TURN THAT HE NEARLY DIED 101

MR. 'POSSUM TRIED TO TURN THE CRANK A LITTLE 109

MR. 'COON SAT UP IN THE FRONT SEAT 113

MADE A DIVE FOR THE REAR SEAT 115

HE USED TO WALK UP AND DOWN IN THE SUN AND SMOKE,
THINKING AND THINKING 123

SIGHTED ACROSS IT TO SEE THAT THEY WERE KEEPING IT
STRAIGHT 125

SO THEN MR. 'POSSUM GOT UP INTO THE SEAT TO STEER 129

GOING FASTER AND FASTER EVERY MINUTE 133

MR. TURTLE TOOK MR. 'POSSUM ON HIS BACK, AND EVERYBODY
SAID IT WAS FINE 135

MR. 'POSSUM CAME PUFFING UP THE STAIRS 141

DID NOT REALLY INTEND TO GO SOUND ASLEEP 143

WHEN MR. 'POSSUM HEARD THAT HE FAINTED DEAD AWAY 147

FLUNG HIMSELF AGAINST THE DOWN-STAIRS DOOR WITH A
GREAT BANG 149

"I HOPE MR. 'POSSUM'S FUNERAL WILL BE A SUCCESS" 151

ONE DAY A NEW AND VERY HANDSOME MR. 'POSSUM CAME
INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD 159

CALLING OUT, "MUCH OBLIGED, MR. PAINTER" 163

MR. WATERS HAD TO TAKE WHAT WAS LEFT 165

TOOK HIM ALL THE AFTERNOON TO PRY THE REST OF MY
ANCESTORS LOOSE 169

I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT VIOLET COULD SEE IN HIM 177

ALL DAY LONG CARRIED HONEY OUT OF THE BEE-TREE 183

VIOLET AND THAT BIG CREATURE HAD STARTED HOUSEKEEPING 185

MR. CROW AND MR. RABBIT WENT BACK TO THE FENCE JOB 191

GAVE HIM ANOTHER AND VERY HEAVY COAT 195

WOKE UP AND TOOK ONE LOOK AT THE STRANGE, WHITE
CREATURE 197

"GOOD GRACIOUS ALIVE! IF THE HOLLOW TREE ISN'T ON
FIRE!" 203

MR. 'COON RODE DOWN ON IT LIKE A SLED 205

I WAS VERY YOUNG 211

BUT MOST OF ALL I WAS ANXIOUS TO SEE IN THAT BOX 215

A BIG YELLOW ONE JUST GRAZED MY LEFT EAR 217

I NOTICED A SCARED CHICKEN 219

TOLD WHAT A GRAND PLACE THE SKY WAS 225

THEY PILED UP THAT LADDER IN A STEADY STREAM 227

GRANDPAW WENT ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY UP HIS
LADDER, TO SEE 231

I ASKED MINERVA TO TELL ME IN A FEW SIMPLE WORDS
WHAT SHE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT AT THE MEETING 239

SHE JUST WHEELED AND GAVE ME A CLIP 241

I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE MY MOTHER-IN-LAW 243

EVERYBODY LOOKED UP AT THE TWINKLING SKY 245