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Title: Mr. Turtle's Flying Adventure

Author: Albert Bigelow Paine

Illustrator: J. M. Conde

Release Date: February 25, 2009 [EBook #28192]

Language: English

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[Illustration: [See page 64

"I KNOW," HE SAID--"I KNOW A WAY"]

MR. TURTLE'S FLYING ADVENTURE

[Illustration: HOLLOW TREE STORIES

BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE

ILLUSTRATED BY J. M. CONDE]

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

HOLLOW TREE STORIES

BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE

12mo, Cloth. Fully Illustrated

MR. TURTLE'S FLYING ADVENTURE
MR. CROW AND THE WHITEWASH
MR. RABBIT'S WEDDING
HOW MR. DOG GOT EVEN
HOW MR. RABBIT LOST HIS TAIL
MR. RABBIT'S BIG DINNER
MAKING UP WITH MR. DOG
MR. 'POSSUM'S GREAT BALLOON TRIP
WHEN JACK RABBIT WAS A LITTLE BOY

HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS BOOK
Illustrated. 8vo.
HOLLOW TREE SNOWED-IN BOOK
Illustrated. 8vo.

HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK

MR. TURTLE'S FLYING ADVENTURE

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Copyright, 1915, 1916, 1917, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published October, 1917

CONTENTS

PAGE
MR. TURTLE'S FLYING ADVENTURE 9
THE DEEP WOODS ELOPEMENT 33
IN MR. MAN'S CAR 55
MR. 'POSSUM'S CAR 75
HOW MR. 'POSSUM'S TAIL BECAME BARE 99

MR. TURTLE'S FLYING ADVENTURE

MR. TURTLE TELLS ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD AND EXPLAINS A VERY OLD FABLE

ONCE upon a time, when it was early summer in the Big Deep Woods, the
Hollow Tr