Back to the Woods

Back to the Woods is a short story written by George V. Hobart. Hobart was a Canadian-American comedian who wrote musical comedy librettos and plays as well as novels and melodies. Excerpt: "«To the country to live, sister told me,» Tacks bubbled; «and we ain't never coming back to this horrid city, sister told me; and you bought the house for a surprise, sister told me; and it has a pizzazus all around it, sister told me; and a cow that gives condensed milk, sister told me; and they's hens and chickens and turkey goblins and a garden to plant potato salad, and they's a barn with pigeons in the attic, and they's a lawn with a barbers wire fence all around it, sister told me; and our trunks are all packed, and we ain't never coming back here no more, sister told me; and I must hurry and farewell them two doors!»