Making Up with Mr. Dog. Hollow Tree Stories

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Paine Albert Bigelow. Making Up with Mr. Dog. Hollow Tree Stories

THE HOLLOW TREE INN. THE THREE FRIENDS GO INTO BUSINESS

THE HOLLOW TREE INN (Continued) WHAT HAPPENS TO MR. DOG

A DEEP WOODS FISHING PARTY. AN ADVENTURE WITH MR. DOG AND A VERY LARGE FISH

MR. RABBIT EXPLAINS. AN EASTER STORY

THE HOLLOW TREE POETRY CLUB. HOW MR. DOG CAME TO A POETRY CLUB, AND WHAT HAPPENED

MR. RABBIT'S UNWELCOME COMPANY. MR. POLECAT MAKES A MORNING CALL AND MR. DOG DROPS IN

MR. 'POSSUM EXPLAINS. HOW UNCLE SILAS TRIED TO PLEASE AUNT MELISSY

AROUND THE WORLD AND BACK AGAIN

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NOW, when Mr. 'Possum and Mr. 'Coon heard that their hair stood up straight, for they knew very well that there'd be two vacant rooms anyway if Mr. Dog ever got inside, and two if he stayed where he was, for they happened to think that Mr. Rabbit would be coming along presently, and Mr. Squirrel wouldn't be far behind. So they hurried to the back window and looked out, and sure enough, there was Mr. Rabbit coming with his trunk on his shoulder and almost there. At first they were frightened 'most to death for Mr. Rabbit, and then the 'Coon slipped over and whispered to the Crow to keep Mr. Dog talking as hard as he could, so he wouldn't notice anything. All the time he was doing this the 'Possum was motioning to Jack Rabbit to slip up easy-like with his trunk.

So Mr. Rabbit slipped up softly on the other side of the house from Mr. Dog and set his trunk down, and the 'Possum let out a long rope with a hook on it. Jack Rabbit stood up on his trunk and grabbed the hook as soon as he could reach it and hooked it under his arms. Then the 'Coon and the 'Possum pulled and pulled and up he came, and as soon as he was safe they let down the rope and caught the hook in the trunk handle. That was a load for all three of them, and even then they couldn't get it up, and called across to the Crow to come quick and help. So he had to leave Mr. Dog a minute, and when he did that Mr. Dog walked around the tree, and there was the trunk just a few feet from the ground, going up very slowly. That was enough for Mr. Dog. He knew then he'd been fooled, and he was so mad he didn't know what to do.

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"I suppose they were once," says Mr. Squirrel – "two or three years ago. Nuts have to be fresh to be good."

"That's what I told him," says Mr. 'Possum, "but he said you wouldn't know the difference."

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