"Copyright 1955 by Edward Eager. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. Pictures by Paul Galdone. LCCCN 55 5784." "How the possum got into the barrel in the first place no one will ever know, least of all the possum himself. It was a cold and stormy night, and the possum was up a tree near the Big House. He looked down and saw the barrel, where the New Folks had put it for the trash men to take away. There was something shiny in the bottom of the barrel..." (from book)
Playing Possum
