Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1923, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I Just a Little Joke[ 7]
II Getting Acquainted[ 11]
III Farmer Green’s Trick[ 15]
IV Crowding the Pole[ 19]
V Mistah Mule’s Meals[ 23]
VI Speaking of Hornets[ 27]
VII A Balky Partner[ 31]
VIII A Piece of String[ 35]
IX Mistah Mule Behaves[ 39]
X Minding Too Well[ 43]
XI Troublesome Mr. Crow[ 47]
XII Two Black Rascals[ 51]
XIII Mistah Mule Laughs[ 55]
XIV Obliging a Lady[ 59]
XV Too Many Questions[ 63]
XVI All About Ghosts[ 67]
XVII Minding His Mother[ 71]
XVIII Going for a Drive[ 75]
XIX The Race[ 79]
XX The Load of Hay[ 83]
XXI The Blacksmith Wins[ 87]
XXII Turkey Proudfoot[ 91]
XXIII A Plan Goes Wrong[ 95]
XXIV The Umbrella[ 99]
XXV Bright and Broad[ 103]
XXVI A Queer Kind of Race[ 107]
XXVII A Good Race Spoiled[ 111]
XXVIII Unexpected Help[ 115]

THE TALE OF MISTAH
MULE

I
JUST A LITTLE JOKE

There was a great flurry in the farmyard. Old dog Spot was yelping; Henrietta Hen was clucking; Turkey Proudfoot was gobbling; Grunty Pig was squealing.

“For pity’s sake! What has happened?” Miss Kitty Cat asked the old horse Ebenezer, who stood tied to a hitching-post near the woodshed steps.

Ebenezer switched his tail at a fly on his flank before he spoke.