Altho the possum dies hard, he lives eazy, and i might az well own it,
forever, for i have spent a great quantity ov mi life surrounded by
possums and other historick vermin, and never heard only ov acksident
death in the possum family.
The muskrat and the possum hav similar tales, but the muskrat steers
himself with hiz while bathing, but the possum never bathes in ennything
but chicken blood.
The studdy ov natur iz a good risk to take, and will make sum men az
phull ov knowledge az an unabridged Webster's spellin book, while thare
iz others that natur nor ennyboddy else haint bin able tew edukate yet.