FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
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| The balloons floated and filled the sky | [Frontispiece] |
| He opened the ragbag and took out all the spot cash money | [7] |
| Then the uncles asked her the first question first | [21] |
| They held on to the long curved tails of the rusty rats | [33] |
| “I am sure many people will stop and remember the Potato Face Blind Man” | [47] |
| His hat was popcorn, his mittens popcorn and his shoes popcorn | [83] |
| They stepped into the molasses with their bare feet | [113] |
| The monkey took the place of the traffic policeman | [129] |
| So they stood looking | [153] |
| It seemed to him as though the sky came down close to his nose | [177] |
| Away off where the sun was coming up, there were people and animals | [195] |
| There on a high stool in a high tower, on a high hill sits the Head Spotter of the Weather Makers | [215] |
1. Three Stories About the Finding of the Zigzag Railroad, the Pigs with Bibs On, the Circus Clown Ovens, the Village of Liver-and-Onions, the Village of Cream Puffs.
| People: | Gimme the Ax |
| Please Gimme | |
| Ax Me No Questions | |
| The Ticket Agent | |
| Wing Tip the Spick | |
| The Four Uncles | |
| The Rat in a Blizzard | |
| The Five Rusty Rats | |
| More People: | |
| Balloon Pickers | |
| Baked Clowns | |
| Polka Dot Pigs |
How They Broke Away to Go to the
Rootabaga Country
Gimme the Ax lived in a house where everything is the same as it always was.