P WITH A POTATO IN HIS HAND 77

THAT NIGHT WINTERS AND I TALKED IT OVER 79

SENT ME SAILING UP INTO THE SKY 83

HE LAUGHED MORE THAN I EVER SAW HIM LAUGH AT ANYTHING 85

HE DIDN'T EAT THE BREAD AT ALL, BUT JUST ATE UP THE
MOLASSES 91

SAT DOWN ON THE STONE TO THINK AGAIN AND CRY SOME
MORE 95

AND THEN PRETTY SOON IT COMMENCED TO RUN BETTER 97

IT GAVE HIM SUCH A SICK TURN THAT HE NEARLY DIED 101

MR. 'POSSUM TRIED TO TURN THE CRANK A LITTLE 109

MR. 'COON SAT UP IN THE FRONT SEAT 113

MADE A DIVE FOR THE REAR SEAT 115

HE USED TO WALK UP AND DOWN IN THE SUN AND SMOKE,
THINKING AND THINKING 123

SIGHTED ACROSS IT TO SEE THAT THEY WERE KEEPING IT
STRAIGHT 125

SO THEN MR. 'POSSUM GOT UP INTO THE SEAT TO STEER 129

GOING FASTER AND FASTER EVERY MINUTE 133

MR. TURTLE TOOK MR. 'POSSUM ON HIS BACK, AND EVERYBODY
SAID IT WAS FINE 135

MR. 'POSSUM CAME PUFFING UP THE STAIRS 141

DID NOT REALLY INTEND TO GO SOUND ASLEEP 143

WHEN MR. 'POSSUM HEARD THAT HE FAINTED DEAD AWAY 147

FLUNG HIMSELF AGAINST THE DOWN-STAIRS DOOR WITH A
GREAT BANG 149

"I HOPE MR. 'POSSUM'S FUNERAL WILL BE A SUCCESS" 151

ONE DAY A NEW AND VERY HANDSOME MR. 'POSSUM CAME
INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD 159

CALLING OUT, "MUCH OBLIGED, MR. PAINTER" 163

MR. WATERS HAD TO TAKE WHAT WAS LEFT 165

TOOK HIM ALL THE AFTERNOON TO PRY THE REST OF MY
ANCESTORS LOOSE 169

I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT VIOLET COULD SEE IN HIM 177

ALL DAY LONG CARRIED HONEY OUT OF THE BEE-TREE 183

VIOLET AND THAT BIG CREATURE HAD STARTED HOUSEKEEPING 185

MR. CROW AND MR. RABBIT WENT BACK TO THE FENCE JOB 191

GAVE HIM ANOTHER AND VERY HEAVY COAT 195

WOKE UP AND TOOK ONE LOOK AT THE STRANGE, WHITE
CREATUR