Lee
lived in the country with his father and his mother, his sister and his
baby brother and his dog, Pomp. Lee was nine, going on ten, and the two
things he wanted most in the world were a possum and a raccoon for
pets.
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He
tried all sorts of ways to catch these animals and his father kept
reminding him of the old saying -- cunning is better than strong -- and
it was cunning that succeeded in the end. |
Lee's
adventures trying to capture the possum and raccoon are funny and
exciting and rather eerie. Virginia Ormsby writes of Lee and his family
with sureness and affection and of the Georgia country from first-hand
knowledge. The folklore and customs and natural beauty of this area are
woven skillfully into a story that holds the reader's attention to the
very end..
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Cunning Is Better Than Strong
by Virginia H. Ormsby
J.B. Lippincott, 1960
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