89

IN MR MAN'S CAR 105

MR. 'POSSUM'S CAR 121

MR. BEAR'S EARLY SPRING CALL 139

HOW MR. 'POSSUM'S TAIL BECAME BARE 155

A DEEP WOODS WAR 173

MR CROW AND THE WHITEWASH 189

MR CROW AND THE WHITEWASH II 199

MR 'COON'S STAR STORY 209

MR RABBIT'S STAR STORY 223

MR CROW'S STAR STORY 237

MR JACK RABBIT BRINGS A FRIEND 249

MR JACK RABBIT BRINGS A FRIEND II 259

MR RABBIT'S WEDDING 267

MR RABBIT'S WEDDING II 279

ILLUSTRATIONS

"I KNOW," HE SAID, "I KNOW A WAY" _Frontispiece_

A NEW MAP OF THE HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS COUNTRY vi

MR. RABBIT SAID HE CERTAINLY DID APPRECIATE BEING
INVITED TO THE HOLLOW TREE 21

I USED TO RUN OUT AND GET BEHIND, WITH BUNTY, AND
TAKE HER BOOKS 25

NEW FLOWERS THAT SHE WANTED ME TO DIG UP FOR HER 27

I HAD MADE A MISS-DIP, AND EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING AT ME 29

MR. RABBIT SAID HE COULD HARDLY GET TO HICKORY WHACK'S
DESK 31

MR. OWL LOOKED AT HIS TONGUE AND FELT HIS PULSE 37

IN A LITTLE WHILE HE HAD THIS FINE, FAT CHICKEN 39

MR. CROW SAID IF MR. 'POSSUM WAS STILL WITH THEM NEXT
MORNING THEY WOULD SEND FOR ANOTHER DOCTOR 41

WHEN THE DUMPLING WAS GONE HE FISHED UP A LEG AND
ATE THAT 43

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY SUNDAY COAT ON?" 47

A CATFISH NEARLY JERKED HIS POLE OUT OF HIS HANDS 53

OLD MAN MOCCASIN WAS ONLY ABOUT TWENTY FEET AWAY 57

"NOW FLY!" HE SAYS, AND DOWN I WENT 63

"YES," SAID MR. TURTLE, "THAT'S WHERE I STRUCK" 67

SHE WOULD MAKE WINTERS HELP MY YOUNG LADY COUSIN
DO THE DISHES 73

UNCLE SILAS HAD GONE TO SLEE