| THE HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS PEOPLE |
| MAP OF THE HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS COUNTRY |
| GATHERING NICE PIECES OF WOOD |
| THE PANTRY IN THE HOLLOW TREE |
| "SLIPPED IN BEHIND HIM WHEN HE WENT INTO THE TENT" |
| "HE LOOKED SMILING AND GOOD-NATURED, AND I WENT OVER TO ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS" |
| "GAVE ME AN EXTRA BIG SWING AND CRACK" |
| ALL AT ONCE HE HEARD A FIERCE BARK CLOSE BEHIND HIM |
| THEN I SUDDENLY FELT LIKE A SHOOTING-STAR |
| "THEN MR. DOG SAID, 'TELL ME ANOTHER'" |
| "AND DID ROLL OFF THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, SURE ENOUGH" |
| "I SET OUT FOR HOME WITHOUT WAITING TO SAY GOOD-BYE" |
| CAME CLATTERING DOWN RIGHT IN FRONT OF MR. DOG |
| SO THEN MR. DOG TRIED TO GET MR. 'POSSUM ON HIS SHOULDER |
| HE WAS AN OLD BACHELOR AND LIKED TO HAVE HIS OWN WAY |
| THEY SAW MR. CROW OUT IN THE YARD CUTTING WOOD FOR HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW |
| HAD TO STAY AT HOME AND PEEL POTATOES |
| LISTENED NOW AND THEN AT WIDOW CROW'S DOOR TO BE SURE SHE WAS ASLEEP |
| MR. 'POSSUM SAID HE'D JUST GET ON AND HOLD THE THINGS |
| MR. 'POSSUM AND MR. 'COON TRIED TO PUT UP THE STOVE |
| MR. FOX SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO FOR A FEW MINUTES AND HE'D ACT AS JUDGE |
| SAILING ALONG, JUST TOUCHING THE HIGHEST POINTS |
| AWAY WENT MR. TORTOISE, CLEAR OVER THE TOP RAIL |
| SET OUT FOR HOME BY A BACK WAY |
| TRIED TO SPLICE HIS PROPERTY BACK IN PLACE |
| GRANDFATHER WOULD LIGHT HIS PIPE AND THINK IT OVER |
| SET UP HIS EARS AND WENT BY, LICKETY-SPLIT |
| "'GLAD TO SEE YOU,' SAID KING LION; 'I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT HAVING A NICE RABBIT FOR BREAKFAST" |
| GOT AROUND THE TABLE AND BEGAN TO WORK |
| MR. 'POSSUM WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MR. RABBIT MEANT BY SPINNING THEIR TAILS |
| MR. DOG SAID HE HAD MADE A FEW SKETCHES |
| MR. 'POSSUM SAID IT MIGHT BE A GOOD ENOUGH STORY, BUT IT COULDN'T BE TRUE |
| SO THEN MR. RABBIT SAID THEY MUST CHOOSE WHO WOULD BE "IT" |
| MR. 'POSSUM HAD TO PUT ON THE HANDKERCHIEF AND DO MORE EXERCISING THAN ANY OF THEM |
| WOULD FIND IT ON THE MANTEL-SHELF OR PERHAPS ON MR. CROW'S BALD HEAD |
| MR. 'POSSUM SAID HE HADN'T MEANT ANYTHING AT ALL BY WHAT HE HAD SAID ABOUT THE STORY |
| AND SO THIS CAT GREW RICH AND FAT |
| HIS CLERKS |
| A SOLEMN LOOK WAS IN HIS FACE |
| QUOTH HE; "MY PRIDE IS SATISFIED; THIS KINGDOM BUSINESS DOES NOT PAY" |
| AUNT MELISSY HAD ARRANGED A BUNDLE FOR UNCLE SILAS, AND SHE HAD FIXED UP THE HIRED MAN TOO |
| DIDN'T LOOK AS IF SHE BELONGED TO THE REST OF OUR CROWD |
| THE BALLOON WENT OVER THE WIDE BLUE WATER JUST AFTER IT GOT OUR FAMILY |
| MR. TURTLE SAID THAT WHAT MR. 'POSSUM HAD TOLD THEM WAS TRUE |
| ONE DAY MR. CROW FOUND HE WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL OF EVERYTHING |
| THEN MR. COON SLAMMED HIS DOOR |
| MR. 'POSSUM SAID NOT TO MOVE, THAT HE WOULD GO AFTER A PIECE OF WOOD |
| HE WOULD SMOKE IN THE SUN WHEN THE MORNINGS WERE FAIR |
| WITH A LOOK AND A SIGH THEY WOULD STAND AND BEHOLD |
| THE TASTIEST PASTRY THAT EVER WAS KNOWN |
| THEN TO STIR AND TO BAKE HE BEGAN RIGHT AWAY |
| THE GREEDY OLD RAVEN, BUT GREEDY NO MORE |
| LOOKED STRAIGHT AT MR. 'POSSUM AND SAID, "WHAT WAS THAT YOU WERE CHEWING JUST NOW?" |
| THEY WENT ALONG, SAYING WHAT A NICE MAN THEY THOUGHT MR. BEAR WAS |
| MR. BEAR MUST HAVE BEEN VERY TIRED AND GONE TO SLEEP RIGHT WHERE HE WAS |
| MR. 'COON SCRATCHED HIS BACK AGAINST A LITTLE BUSH |
| MR. RABBIT THANKED HIM FROM ACROSS THE RIVER |
| ONE SAID IT WAS ONE WAY AND THE OTHER THE OTHER WAY |
| MR. CROW DECIDED TO THIN OUT A FEW OF JACK RABBIT'S THINGS |
| MR. CROW WAS ALMOST AFRAID TO BRING ON THE SALAD |
| JACK RABBIT CAPERED AND LAUGHED ALL THE WAY HOME |
| TOOK HER PARASOL AND HER RETICULE AND A CAN OF BERRIES, AND STARTED |
| AND HE MADE SOME STRIPES, TOO—MOSTLY ON TOP OF THE STOVE |
| LITTLE JACK KNEW PERFECTLY WELL THAT SHE WASN'T AT ALL PLEASED |
| PROMISED NEVER TO DISOBEY HIS MOTHER AGAIN |
| AND HE TASTED OF THAT A LITTLE, TOO |
| MR. 'POSSUM LEANED HIS BACK AGAINST A TREE AND READ HIMSELF TO SLEEP |
| SO MR. 'POSSUM PROMISED, AND MR. 'COON UNTIED HIM |
| "AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY SAW?" |
