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Making Up with Mr. Dog / Hollow Tree Stories

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By Albert Bigelow Paine
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A series of short, humorous episodes follows a small community of anthropomorphic woodland animals who convert the unused upper limbs of a hollow tree into an inn, welcome boarders, quarrel and reconcile, and stage playful schemes and mishaps. Each tale centers on familiar characters — a raccoon, opossum, black crow, rabbit, robin, squirrel, turtle and dog — and balances comic pratfalls, domestic frictions and gentle lessons. Interspersed are light verse and descriptive scenes of country life; the collection sustains an easy, conversational narrative voice suited to young readers.

"We've followed Spring around the world,
According to the plan!
Hurrah for Mr. Rabbit!
And hurrah for Mr. Man!"


AND MR. CROW, HE SAYS, "WHY, IT IS OUR TREE!"

And the bluebird up in the branches whistled and danced and shouted, too; and Jack Rabbit and Mr. Dog came over pretty soon to see if they'd got home yet. And of course Mr. Rabbit was proud about the way his poem had turned out; and Mr. Dog he was proud, too, on Mr. Man's account. Then they all had a big supper, to celebrate, and by and by Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Dog went away arm in arm, singing Mr. Rabbit's poem to the moon; while the 'Coon and 'Possum and the Old Black Crow went to bed happy because they had followed Spring clear around the world, and hadn't got lost or tumbled off into the sky, but were home again safe and sound in the Hollow Tree.

Transcriber's Note:

Repeated story titles were deleted.