"I KNOW," HE SAID, "I KNOW A WAY"
A NEW MAP OF THE HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS COUNTRY
MR. RABBIT SAID HE CERTAINLY DID APPRECIATE BEING INVITED TO THE HOLLOW TREE
I USED TO RUN OUT AND GET BEHIND, WITH BUNTY, AND TAKE HER BOOKS
NEW FLOWERS THAT SHE WANTED ME TO DIG UP FOR HER
I HAD MADE A MISS-DIP, AND EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING AT ME
MR. RABBIT SAID HE COULD HARDLY GET TO HICKORY WHACK'S DESK
MR. OWL LOOKED AT HIS TONGUE AND FELT HIS PULSE
IN A LITTLE WHILE HE HAD THIS FINE, FAT CHICKEN
MR. CROW SAID IF MR. 'POSSUM WAS STILL WITH THEM NEXT MORNING THEY WOULD SEND FOR ANOTHER DOCTOR
WHEN THE DUMPLING WAS GONE HE FISHED UP A LEG AND ATE THAT
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY SUNDAY COAT ON?"
A CATFISH NEARLY JERKED HIS POLE OUT OF HIS HANDS
OLD MAN MOCCASIN WAS ONLY ABOUT TWENTY FEET AWAY
"NOW FLY!" HE SAYS, AND DOWN I WENT
"YES," SAID MR. TURTLE, "THAT'S WHERE I STRUCK"
SHE WOULD MAKE WINTERS HELP MY YOUNG LADY COUSIN DO THE DISHES
UNCLE SILAS HAD GONE TO SLEEP WITH A POTATO IN HIS HAND
THAT NIGHT WINTERS AND I TALKED IT OVER
SENT ME SAILING UP INTO THE SKY
HE LAUGHED MORE THAN I EVER SAW HIM LAUGH AT ANYTHING
HE DIDN'T EAT THE BREAD AT ALL, BUT JUST ATE UP THE MOLASSES
SAT DOWN ON THE STONE TO THINK AGAIN AND CRY SOME MORE
AND THEN PRETTY SOON IT COMMENCED TO RUN BETTER
IT GAVE HIM SUCH A SICK TURN THAT HE NEARLY DIED
MR. 'POSSUM TRIED TO TURN THE CRANK A LITTLE
MR. 'COON SAT UP IN THE FRONT SEAT
MADE A DIVE FOR THE REAR SEAT
HE USED TO WALK UP AND DOWN IN THE SUN AND SMOKE, THINKING AND THINKING
SIGHTED ACROSS IT TO SEE THAT THEY WERE KEEPING IT STRAIGHT
SO THEN MR. 'POSSUM GOT UP INTO THE SEAT TO STEER
GOING FASTER AND FASTER EVERY MINUTE
MR. TURTLE TOOK MR. 'POSSUM ON HIS BACK, AND EVERYBODY SAID IT WAS FINE
MR. 'POSSUM CAME PUFFING UP THE STAIRS
DID NOT REALLY INTEND TO GO SOUND ASLEEP
WHEN MR. 'POSSUM HEARD THAT HE FAINTED DEAD AWAY
FLUNG HIMSELF AGAINST THE DOWN-STAIRS DOOR WITH A GREAT BANG
"I HOPE MR. 'POSSUM'S FUNERAL WILL BE A SUCCESS"
ONE DAY A NEW AND VERY HANDSOME MR. 'POSSUM CAME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
CALLING OUT, "MUCH OBLIGED, MR. PAINTER"
MR. WATERS HAD TO TAKE WHAT WAS LEFT
TOOK HIM ALL THE AFTERNOON TO PRY THE REST OF MY ANCESTORS LOOSE
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT VIOLET COULD SEE IN HIM
ALL DAY LONG CARRIED HONEY OUT OF THE BEE-TREE
VIOLET AND THAT BIG CREATURE HAD STARTED HOUSEKEEPING
MR. CROW AND MR. RABBIT WENT BACK TO THE FENCE JOB
GAVE HIM ANOTHER AND VERY HEAVY COAT
WOKE UP AND TOOK ONE LOOK AT THE STRANGE, WHITE CREATURE
"GOOD GRACIOUS ALIVE! IF THE HOLLOW TREE ISN'T ON FIRE!"
MR. 'COON RODE DOWN ON IT LIKE A SLED
I WAS VERY YOUNG
BUT MOST OF ALL I WAS ANXIOUS TO SEE IN THAT BOX
A BIG YELLOW ONE JUST GRAZED MY LEFT EAR
I NOTICED A SCARED CHICKEN
TOLD WHAT A GRAND PLACE THE SKY WAS
THEY PILED UP THAT LADDER IN A STEADY STREAM
GRANDPAW WENT ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY UP HIS LADDER, TO SEE
I ASKED MINERVA TO TELL ME IN A FEW SIMPLE WORDS WHAT SHE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT AT THE MEETING
SHE JUST WHEELED AND GAVE ME A CLIP
I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
EVERYBODY LOOKED UP AT THE TWINKLING SKY
I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING SO WONDERFUL AS THE WAY SHE TELLS IT
MISS MYRTLE PAUSED AND WIPED HER EYES
SO I WENT HOME WITH MR. ROBIN
STOPPED TO TALK A LITTLE WITH EACH ONE
JACK RABBIT WOULD HAVE STAYED A BACHELOR IF SHE HADN'T TRIPPED IN HER WEDDING-GOWN
"MAY YOU BE HAPPY AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, AND LONGER"
AND YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN COUSIN REDFIELD DANCE
CALLED FOR THE FEATHER BED
WENT OUT ON THE OPEN TRACK AND TOOK A LITTLE RUN