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THE HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS PEOPLE _Frontispiece_
MAP OF THE HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS COUNTRY 4
GATHERING NICE PIECES OF WOOD 17
THE PANTRY IN THE HOLLOW TREE 24
"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 HIM 43
"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. DOG 61
SO THEN MR. DOG TRIED TO GET MR. 'POSSUM ON HIS
SHOULDER 64
HE WAS AN OLD BACHELOR AND LIKED TO HAVE HIS OWN
WAY 67
THEY SAW MR. CROW OUT IN THE YARD CUTTING WOOD FOR
HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW 69
HAD TO STAY AT HOME AND PEEL POTATOES 75
LISTENED NOW AND THEN AT WIDOW CROW'S DOOR TO BE
SURE SHE WAS ASLEEP 79
MR. 'POSSUM SAID HE'D JUST GET ON AND HOLD THE
THINGS 81
MR. 'POSSUM AND MR. 'COON TRIED TO PUT UP THE STOVE 83
MR. FOX SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO FOR A FEW
MINUTES AND HE'D ACT AS JUDGE 93
SAILING ALONG, JUST TOUCHING THE HIGHEST POINTS 97
AWAY WENT MR. TORTOISE, CLEAR OVER THE TOP RAIL 99
SET OUT FOR HOME BY A BACK WAY 101
TRIED TO SPLICE HIS PROPERTY BACK IN PLACE 107
GRANDFATHER WOULD LIGHT HIS PIPE AND THINK IT OVER 109
SET UP HIS EARS AND WENT BY, LICKETY-SPLIT 111
"'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 WORK 125
MR. 'POSSUM WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MR. RABBIT MEANT
BY SPINNING THEIR TAILS 129
MR. DOG SAID HE HAD MADE A FEW SKETCHES 133
MR. 'POSSUM SAID IT MIGHT BE A GOOD ENOUGH STORY,
BUT IT COULDN'T BE TRUE 137
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 THEM 149
WOULD FIND IT ON THE MANTEL-SHELF OR PERHAPS ON
MR. CROW'S BALD HEAD 152
MR. 'POSSUM SAID HE HADN'T MEANT ANYTHING AT ALL
BY WHAT HE HAD SAID ABOUT THE STORY 162
AND SO THIS CAT GREW RICH AND FAT 164
HIS CLERKS 167
A SOLEMN LOOK WAS IN HIS FACE 168
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 TOO 179
DIDN'T LOOK AS IF SHE BELONGED TO THE REST OF
OUR CROWD 181
THE BALLOON WENT OVER THE WIDE BLUE WATER JUST
AFTER IT GOT OUR FAMILY 184
MR. TURTLE SAID THAT WHAT MR. 'POSSUM HAD TOLD
THEM WAS TRUE 189
ONE DAY MR. CROW FOUND HE WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE BARREL OF EVERYTHING 195
THEN MR. 'COON SLAMMED HIS DOOR 199
MR. 'POSSUM SAID NOT TO MOVE, THAT HE WOULD GO
AFTER A PIECE OF WOOD 201
HE WOULD SMOKE IN THE SUN WHEN THE MORNINGS WERE
FAIR 203
WITH A LOOK AND A SIGH THEY WOULD STAND AND BEHOLD 204
THE TASTIEST PASTRY THAT EVER WAS KNOWN 205
THEN TO STIR AND TO BAKE HE BEGAN RIGHT AWAY 206
THE GREEDY OLD RAVEN, BUT GREEDY NO MORE 208
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 WAS 224
MR. BEAR MUST HAVE BEEN VERY TIRED AND GONE TO
SLEEP RIGHT WHERE HE WAS 226
MR. 'COON SCRATCHED HIS BACK AGAINST A LITTLE BUSH 234
MR. RABBIT THANKED HIM FROM ACROSS THE RIVER 237
ONE SAID IT WAS ONE WAY AND THE OTHER THE OTHER
WAY 247
MR. CROW DECIDED TO THIN OUT A FEW OF JACK
RABBIT'S THINGS 251
MR. CROW WAS ALMOST AFRAID TO BRING ON THE SALAD 255
JACK RABBIT CAPERED AND LAUGHED ALL THE WAY HOME 259
TOOK HER PARASOL AND HER RETICULE AND A CAN OF
BERRIES, AND STARTED 265
AND HE MADE SOME STRIPES, TOO--MOSTLY ON TOP OF
THE STOVE 267
LITTLE JACK KNEW PERFECTLY WELL THAT SHE WASN'T
AT ALL PLEASED 269
PROMISED NEVER TO DISOBEY HIS MOTHER AGAIN 271
AND HE TASTED OF THAT A LITTLE, TOO 278
MR. 'POSSUM LEANED HIS BACK AGAINST A TREE AND
READ HIMSELF TO SLEEP 280
SO MR. 'POSSUM PROMISED, AND MR. 'COON UNTIED HIM 282
"AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY SAW?" 284