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 JA