19

How the Five Rusty Rats Helped Find a New Village 29

2.

Five Stories About the Potato Face Blind Man

The Potato Face Blind Man Who Lost the Diamond Rabbit on
His Gold Accordion 41

How the Potato Face Blind Man Enjoyed Himself on a Fine
Spring Morning 45

Poker Face the Baboon and Hot Dog the Tiger 53

The Toboggan-to-the-Moon Dream of the Potato Face Blind
Man 59

How Gimme the Ax Found Out About
the Zigzag Railroad and
Who Made It Zigzag 65

3.

Three Stories About the Gold Buckskin Whincher

The Story of Blixie Bimber and the Power
of the Gold
Buckskin Whincher 73

The Story of Jason Squiff and Why He Had a Popcorn Hat,
Popcorn Mittens and Popcorn Shoes 79

The Story of Rags Habakuk, the Two Blue Rats, and the Circus
Man Who Came with Spot Cash Money 89

4.

Four Stories About the Deep Doom of Dark Doorways

The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle
and Who Was in It 99

How the Hat Ashes Shovel Helped Snoo Foo 105

Three Boys With Jugs of Molasses and Secret Ambitions 109

How Bimbo the Snip's Thumb Stuck to His Nose When the
Wind Changed 123

5.

Three Stories About Three Ways the Wind Went Winding

The Two Skyscrapers Who Decided to Have a Child 133

The Dollar Watch and the Five Jack Rabbits 141

The Wooden Indian and the Shaghorn Buffalo 151

6.

Four Stories About Dear, Dear Eyes

The White Horse Girl and the Blue Wind Boy 159

What Six Girls with Balloons Told the Gray Man on
Horseback 167

How Henry Hagglyhoagly Played the Guitar with His Mittens
On