The Baking Spree While Rabbit read books, while Old Possum fixed an elaborate meal and ate leftovers, while Mama Chipmunk’s grandchildren ran around the house, and while the rain fell, Raccoon baked. She baked and baked and baked some more:...
The Zoomies While Old Possum cooked and baked, Rabbit read books, and rain fell for days, Mama Chipmunk’s grandchildren raced through the house, playing tag, upsetting dining-room chairs, sliding on rugs, and bouncing off furniture. By evening of the...
The Gingerbread Old Possum had spent all three-and-a-half rainy days tucked inside his cozy house. The first day, he cooked an elaborate supper: kale-and-mushroom quiche with homemade crust, and three-bean salad. On the second day, he ate...
The Nonstop Rain It had been raining — pouring, really — for days, and Rabbit was feeling rather soggy. Everyone was staying home so they wouldn’t get washed away, which of course meant no customers in her shop. But that, in turn, also meant Rabbit could...
The Letter Old Possum’s mail that afternoon consisted of a single letter. In looping, swirling cursive, on linen stationery, his elderly uncle from far west of the garden, across the river, had written to share a strange tale. Several days prior,...