ILLUSTRATIONS

[THE HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS PEOPLE]
[MAP OF THE HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS COUNTRY]
[GATHERING NICE PIECES OF WOOD]
[THE PANTRY IN THE HOLLOW TREE]
["SLIPPED IN BEHIND HIM WHEN HE WENT INTO THE TENT"]
["HE LOOKED SMILING AND GOOD-NATURED, AND I WENT OVER TO ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS"]
["GAVE ME AN EXTRA BIG SWING AND CRACK"]
[ALL AT ONCE HE HEARD A FIERCE BARK CLOSE BEHIND HIM]
[THEN I SUDDENLY FELT LIKE A SHOOTING-STAR]
["THEN MR. DOG SAID, 'TELL ME ANOTHER'"]
["AND DID ROLL OFF THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, SURE ENOUGH"]
["I SET OUT FOR HOME WITHOUT WAITING TO SAY GOOD-BYE"]
[CAME CLATTERING DOWN RIGHT IN FRONT OF MR. DOG]
[SO THEN MR. DOG TRIED TO GET MR. 'POSSUM ON HIS SHOULDER]
[HE WAS AN OLD BACHELOR AND LIKED TO HAVE HIS OWN WAY]
[THEY SAW MR. CROW OUT IN THE YARD CUTTING WOOD FOR HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW]
[HAD TO STAY AT HOME AND PEEL POTATOES]
[LISTENED NOW AND THEN AT WIDOW CROW'S DOOR TO BE SURE SHE WAS ASLEEP]
[MR. 'POSSUM SAID HE'D JUST GET ON AND HOLD THE THINGS]
[MR. 'POSSUM AND MR. 'COON TRIED TO PUT UP THE STOVE]
[MR. FOX SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO FOR A FEW MINUTES AND HE'D ACT AS JUDGE]
[SAILING ALONG, JUST TOUCHING THE HIGHEST POINTS]
[AWAY WENT MR. TORTOISE, CLEAR OVER THE TOP RAIL]
[SET OUT FOR HOME BY A BACK WAY]
[TRIED TO SPLICE HIS PROPERTY BACK IN PLACE]
[GRANDFATHER WOULD LIGHT HIS PIPE AND THINK IT OVER]
[SET UP HIS EARS AND WENT BY, LICKETY-SPLIT]
["'GLAD TO SEE YOU,' SAID KING LION; 'I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT HAVING A NICE RABBIT FOR BREAKFAST"]
[GOT AROUND THE TABLE AND BEGAN TO WORK]
[MR. 'POSSUM WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MR. RABBIT MEANT BY SPINNING THEIR TAILS]
[MR. DOG SAID HE HAD MADE A FEW SKETCHES]
[MR. 'POSSUM SAID IT MIGHT BE A GOOD ENOUGH STORY, BUT IT COULDN'T BE TRUE]
[SO THEN MR. RABBIT SAID THEY MUST CHOOSE WHO WOULD BE "IT"]
[MR. 'POSSUM HAD TO PUT ON THE HANDKERCHIEF AND DO MORE EXERCISING THAN ANY OF THEM]
[WOULD FIND IT ON THE MANTEL-SHELF OR PERHAPS ON MR. CROW'S BALD HEAD]
[MR. 'POSSUM SAID HE HADN'T MEANT ANYTHING AT ALL BY WHAT HE HAD SAID ABOUT THE STORY]
[AND SO THIS CAT GREW RICH AND FAT]
[HIS CLERKS]
[A SOLEMN LOOK WAS IN HIS FACE]
[QUOTH HE; "MY PRIDE IS SATISFIED; THIS KINGDOM BUSINESS DOES NOT PAY"]
[AUNT MELISSY HAD ARRANGED A BUNDLE FOR UNCLE SILAS, AND SHE HAD FIXED UP THE HIRED MAN TOO]
[DIDN'T LOOK AS IF SHE BELONGED TO THE REST OF OUR CROWD]
[THE BALLOON WENT OVER THE WIDE BLUE WATER JUST AFTER IT GOT OUR FAMILY]
[MR. TURTLE SAID THAT WHAT MR. 'POSSUM HAD TOLD THEM WAS TRUE]
[ONE DAY MR. CROW FOUND HE WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL OF EVERYTHING]
[THEN MR. COON SLAMMED HIS DOOR]
[MR. 'POSSUM SAID NOT TO MOVE, THAT HE WOULD GO AFTER A PIECE OF WOOD]
[HE WOULD SMOKE IN THE SUN WHEN THE MORNINGS WERE FAIR]
[WITH A LOOK AND A SIGH THEY WOULD STAND AND BEHOLD]
[THE TASTIEST PASTRY THAT EVER WAS KNOWN]
[THEN TO STIR AND TO BAKE HE BEGAN RIGHT AWAY]
[THE GREEDY OLD RAVEN, BUT GREEDY NO MORE]
[LOOKED STRAIGHT AT MR. 'POSSUM AND SAID, "WHAT WAS THAT YOU WERE CHEWING JUST NOW?"]
[THEY WENT ALONG, SAYING WHAT A NICE MAN THEY THOUGHT MR. BEAR WAS]
[MR. BEAR MUST HAVE BEEN VERY TIRED AND GONE TO SLEEP RIGHT WHERE HE WAS]
[MR. 'COON SCRATCHED HIS BACK AGAINST A LITTLE BUSH]
[MR. RABBIT THANKED HIM FROM ACROSS THE RIVER]
[ONE SAID IT WAS ONE WAY AND THE OTHER THE OTHER WAY]
[MR. CROW DECIDED TO THIN OUT A FEW OF JACK RABBIT'S THINGS]
[MR. CROW WAS ALMOST AFRAID TO BRING ON THE SALAD]
[JACK RABBIT CAPERED AND LAUGHED ALL THE WAY HOME]
[TOOK HER PARASOL AND HER RETICULE AND A CAN OF BERRIES, AND STARTED]
[AND HE MADE SOME STRIPES, TOO—MOSTLY ON TOP OF THE STOVE]
[LITTLE JACK KNEW PERFECTLY WELL THAT SHE WASN'T AT ALL PLEASED]
[PROMISED NEVER TO DISOBEY HIS MOTHER AGAIN]
[AND HE TASTED OF THAT A LITTLE, TOO]
[MR. 'POSSUM LEANED HIS BACK AGAINST A TREE AND READ HIMSELF TO SLEEP]
[SO MR. 'POSSUM PROMISED, AND MR. 'COON UNTIED HIM]
["AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY SAW?"]

THE FIRST SNOWED-IN STORY

GATHERING NICE PIECES OF WOOD