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kNCE 'pon a time," said Uncle Remus to the little boy 44 But when
was once upon a time? the child interrupted to ask. The old man
smiled. I speck 'twuz one time er two times, er maybe a time an'
a half. You know when Johnny Ashcake 'gun tcr bake? v Well, 'twuz 'long
in dem days. Once 'pon a time," be resumed, " Mr. Man had a gyarden so
fine dat all de neighbors come ter see it. Some 'ud look at it over de fence,
some 'ud peep thoo de cracks, an' some 'ud come an' look at it by de light er
de stars. An' one un urn wuz ol Brer Rabbit; starlight, moonlight, cloud
light, de nightlight wuz de light fer him.V When de turn er de mornin' come,
he 'uz allers up an' about, an' a-feelin' purty well I thank you, suh!
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,flSo Mr. Man, he call his dogs 4 Here, Buck! Here, Brinjer!' JJere,
!' an he sicc'd um on de track, an' here dey went!
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44 Brer Fox roll his little eyes, an licit Ms chops whar he dribble at de
mouf, an put out ter de bobbycue, an' be aint mo' dan made his disappear
ance, 'fo' her come Brer Wolf, an' when he got de news, off he put.
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" Now, den, you done hear what I say. Dar wuz Mr. Man, yander wuz
de gyarden, an' here wuz ol' Brer Rabbit." Uncle Remus made a map of this
part of the story by marking in the sand with his walking-cane. " Well, dis
bein' de case, what you speck gwineter happen? Nothin' in de roua' worl'
but what been happenin' sence greens an' sparrer-gTass wuz planted in de
groun. Dey look fine 'an' dey tas'e fine, an' long to'rds de shank er de mornin',
Brer Rabbit 'ud creep thoo de crack er de fence an' nibble at um. He'd take
de greens, but leave his tracks, mo' speshually right atter a rain. Takin' an'
leavin' it's de way er de worl'.
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44 You'd 'a' thunk dey wuz runnin atter forty-lev'm rhinossyhosses fuzn
de fuss dey made. Brer Rabbit he hear tun comin' an' he put out fer home,
kinder doublin' 'roun' des like he do deze days.
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4 An he aint mo'n got out'n sight, 'fo' here come ol' Brer B'ar, an' when
he hear talk er de bakin' meat an' de big pan er gravy, he sot up on his behime
legs an' snored. Den off he put, an' he aint got out'n hearin', 'fo' Brer Coon
come rackin up, an' when he got de news, ne put out.
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44 Well, one mornin', Mr. Man went out fa his truck patch an he fin
sump'n missin' a cabbage here, a turnip dar, an' a mess er beans vander
an' he a how come dis? He look 'roun', he did, an' he seed Brer Rabbit'i
tracks what he couldn't take wid 'im. . Brer Rabbit had lef his shoes at home,
an' come bar'footed. '
4,When Ee got ter de p'int what he kin set down fer ter rest his face an'
han's, he tuck a poplar leaf an' 'gun ter fan hisse'f. Den Brer Fox come a
trottin' up. He say, 4 Brer Rabbit, what's all dis fuss I hear in de woods?
What de name er goodness do it mean? Brer Rabbit kinder scratch his
head an' 'low, Why, deyer tryin' fer drive me ter de big bobbycue on de creek.
Dey all ax me, an when I 'fuse dey say deyer gwine ter make me go any how.
Dey aint no fun in bein' ez populous, ez what I is, Brer Fox. Ef you wanter
go, des git in ahead er de houn's an' go lickity-split down de big road! '
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"So dar dey wuz an' what you gwlne do 'bout it? It seem like dey all
got in front er de dogs, er de dogs got behime um, an' Brer Rabbit sot by de
creek-side laughin an' hittin' at de snake doctors. An' deni po' creeturs had
ter go clean past de bobbycue ef dey wuz any bobbycue, which I don't
skacely speck dey wuz. Dat what make me say what I does when you git
a invite ter a bobbycue, you better fin' out when ar whar it's at, an' who
runnin' it."