href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@24410@[email protected]#ILLUS078" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">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