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"