Old Billy Possum is dead! So says Reddy Fox, anyway, who walks along singing, "Ol' Bill Possum, it served him right, and he is no more, for he died last night!"
Then Reddy Fox sees a ghost -- and the rest of the animals see the truth . . . at least until the next tomfoolery takes place on the very day of Peter Rabbit's party!
Unc' Billy Possum learns how easy it is to get into trouble -- and how hard it is to get out, once in -- in this classic animal tale by Thornton Burgess.