[To Friends Old and New][The First Snowed-In Story][Mr. Dog at the Circus][The Second Snowed-In Story][The Widow Crow's Boarding-House][The Finding of the Hollow Tree][The Third Snowed-In Story][The Fourth Snowed-In Story][The "Snowed-In" Literary Club][The "Snowed-In" Literary Club—Part II][The Discontented Fox][Mr. 'Possum's Great Story][The Bark of Old Hungry-Wolf][An Early Spring Call on Mr. Bear][Mr. Crow's Garden][When Jack Rabbit Was a Little Boy][A Hollow Tree Picnic]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