Marn, Vann, and all them young ’uns are back in this companion lark to Times of Used To Be. Your sides will beg you to stop while your laughing box will plead to continue as you discover more about Mullins’ kin than they’d rather you know. Over and over, the things they do—to each other and themselves—will snap your funny bone, making you wish for a farm and more shins around the table to kick than you’ve got toes and fingers.

In this splendid collection, you will read about the boys’ introduction to hot pop, better known as ’shine; hog herding; and swimming holes somewhat short of water. There are stories of treasure hunting, flying children, humongous wagons, flailing chickens that attack little boys, a flailing little boy that attacks a flaunting little girl, a little girl’s brother who seeks to pulverize a particular little boy, and much, much more.