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  • When he ran home, so scared he didn't remember running at all after it was over, Mrs. Possum didn't know him, but thought he was some terrible white creature come to carry on her children, and slammed the door right in his face.

    Sandman's Goodnight Stories Abbie Phillips Walker

  • Mrs. Possum had found out it was her husband by this time, of course, and she came out to say that what Mrs. Rabbit could think they wanted of her whitewash was more than she could tell.

    Sandman's Goodnight Stories Abbie Phillips Walker

  • And just then Unc 'Billy for the first time thought of that dinner that old Mrs. Possum had sent him to get.

    The Adventures of Mr. Mocker 1919

  • Possum, and they kicked off the bedclothes under which old Mrs. Possum had tucked them and scrambled out of the big hollow tree to play.

    The Adventures of Johnny Chuck 1919

  • My, my, my, how old Mrs. Possum did scold, as she came down the great hollow tree to get the two eggs.

    The Adventures of Mr. Mocker 1919

  • Mrs. Possum and asked her advice, as he should have done in the first place.

    The Adventures of Mr. Mocker 1919

  • Billy slipped away, taking pains that old Mrs. Possum shouldn't suspect where he was going.

    The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk 1919

  • So he just sat at the foot of the great hollow tree and said nothing, while old Mrs. Possum bit a hole in the end of one egg and began to suck it.

    The Adventures of Mr. Mocker 1919

  • Here Unc 'Billy looked back over his shoulder to make sure that old Mrs. Possum wasn't within hearing, and Jimmy Skunk chuckled.

    The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk 1919

  • Old Mrs. Possum chased the eight little Possums into the house and warned them not to so much as put their heads outside the door while she was gone.

    The Adventures of Mr. Mocker 1919

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