Family buys land from a crooked farmer. He tries to trick them & sells them a pond, but the water evaporates and it’s the richest dirt ever.
Mean farmer uses shotgun to plant seeds b/c his land is so hard, family has to jump out of the way when they plant seeds b/c plants shoot up so fast.
Many odd animals live on the land: one has different length legs so that it can walk on the incline of the sides of the pond/hill. Another is a “hide behind” that you can never see, just leaves tracks. Once when a member of the family is working they get pinched/poked & turn around so fast that the “hide behind” tires to hide behind itself.
Father eats biscuits hot out of the oven – then a tornado comes & the rest of the family is blown away. The biscuits cooled in his stomach & turned to cement, so he’s weighed down & saves his family.
Every time the mean farmer tries to cheat the family, they end up coming out ahead. The stories (tall tales) are funny & geared toward younger children.
I hope you have luck finding this story – it would be wonderful to read it to my son.
174C: Tales of a family that lives on an unusual farm (solved)
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ng for a book my mother had as a child. I think you would call it an coloured Illustration book with animals all dressed up. Some with babies and some not. My mother was born in the 1920’s So not even sure how to find it without a name. My mother loved this book and later in life she became a painter. She painted from the book an elephant that was dressed with a mouse and the elephant is jumping because of the mouse. Also a possum with her babies. I have one painting I will send you from the book. My father out lived 2 wives and was on his 3th wife when he passed so my mother’s book got lost. I remember how she loved this book and would love to find it.