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The ingines goes now by numbers, but we ole hands called our'n always 'Borygyard'." "You were crippled in a collision between two freight trains?" "Yes'ir; but t'other train was the cause of the " "Never mind the cause of the accident. You moved out to 'Possum Ridge; can you remember exactly when you were last in town?" "To be shore!
In a short while she had gathered them all upon her back and into her pouch; and commenced retreating from the spot while the orioles changed their terrified screaming into chirrups of victory. "Frank and I now deemed it proper to interfere, and cut off the retreat of the `old 'possum; so, dropping from our perch, we soon overtook and captured the whole family.
"And you can carry a rifle and shotgun and fishing poles and everything," she rushed along. "And a good big axe, man-size, instead of that hatchet you're always complaining about. And Possum can lift up his legs and rest. And but suppose you can't buy it? How much do they want?" "One hundred an' fifty big bucks," he answered. "But dirt cheap at that. It's givin' it away.
"And, what is more, you must go out in the woods and dig it yourself. That will be almost as good for your Spring fever as the sassafras itself. So hop out, and dig some of the roots." "Oh, dear!" cried Uncle Wiggily, fussy like. "I don't want to. I'd rather stay here in bed." "But you can't!" cried Dr. Possum in his jolly voice.
On the bank on one side of the Smiling Pool were Peter Rabbit, Jumper the Hare, Danny Meadow Mouse, Johnny Chuck, Jimmy Skunk, Unc' Billy Possum, Striped Chipmunk and Old Mr. Toad. On the other side of the Smiling Pool were Reddy Fox, Digger the Badger, and Bobby Coon. In the Big Hickory-tree were Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel, and Sammy Jay.
O'mie and I also succeeded in learning that trick; Tell Mapleson broke a collar-bone, attempting it; and Jim Conlow, as O'mie said, "knocked the 'possum' aff his mug thryin' to achave the art." He fractured the bones of his nose, making his face a degree more homely than it was before. Then there were the Mead boys to be counted on everywhere.
No, she didn't exactly meet him, because he saw her before she saw him, and he promptly climbed a tree. "Ah suppose yo'all heard of the terrible creature that scared Reddy almost out of his wits early this mo'ning," said Unc' Billy. Granny stopped and looked up. "It doesn't take much to scare the young and innocent, Mr. Possum," she replied. "I don't believe all I hear.
Gorby put on his hat, and went down to Possum Villa, on what he could not help acknowledging to himself was a very slender possibility. Mrs. Hableton opened the door for him, and in silence led the way, not into her own sitting-room, but into a much more luxuriously furnished apartment, which Gorby guessed at once was that of Whyte's.
Crow started to come closer they were not so sure about the dream, and both gave a big jump and made for the down-stairs door of the Hollow Tree, and got inside and bolted it tight. That, of course, made Mr. Crow laugh, but not loud enough for them to hear him, and pretty soon he went to the door and tried the latch, and then knocked, and Mr. 'Possum called out "W-wh-who's there?"
He set his bag down to rest a minute before climbing the stairs, and then opened the doors softly and listened. He didn't hear a thing except Mr. Crow and Mr. 'Coon and Mr. 'Possum breathing pretty low, and he knew they might wake up any minute, and he wouldn't have been caught there in the midst of things for a good deal.
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