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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] |
