Why the possum's tail is bare, and other classic southern stories, selected and compiled by Jimmy Neil Smith
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Why the possum's tail is bare, and other classic southern stories, selected and compiled by Jimmy Neil Smith
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non fiction
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Why the possum's tail is bare, and other classic southern stories
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selected and compiled by Jimmy Neil Smith
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Tales of wonder and magic: Snow Bella -- Rushiecoat and the king's son -- Farmer Perdue's punkins -- Gallymanders! Gallymanders! -- The talking eggs -- A whale of a hunt -- Old Bluebeard -- Catafo -- Sody Sallyraytus -- The peddler's dream -- The king's well -- The walkin' catfish. Ghosts, haints, and chillin' things: Knock, knock, who's there? -- Old Scratch and the mean woman -- Spear-finger -- Wait till Emmett comes -- Mr. Fox -- Tailypo -- The hainted house -- Wiley and the hairy man. How things got to be the way they are: Why the possum's tail is bare -- The walk-off people -- Luster and the Devil -- How butterflies got their name -- The magic sausage mill -- Rabbit's tail. Tricksters and fools: The two old women's bet -- Br'er Rabbit chooses his own death -- Jack's good luck -- Epaminondas and his auntie -- Jack goes to seek his fortune -- Big Man Jack killed seven at a whack -- The three piggies -- Br'er Tiger and the big wind -- Jack the woodchopper -- Nippy and the Yankee Doodle -- How the terrapin beat the rabbit -- Old Drye Frye -- Wicked John and the Devil
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