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TT ATE on afternoon when the little boy came to'pay'his daily'visit to
I lj Uncle RetnUsJ he heard the old man talking, and concluded that be
1 had company. So he lingered about the humble door-step for some
time before venturing in. When he did go in, he was astonished to find
that there was no one in the cabin but Uncle Remus. " I thought I heard
you talking to some one," he remarked. "I speck you did," replied the
old man. " I bleeze ter talk ter somebody, fer ter keep fum feelin' lone
some, an' when dey ain't nobody else 'roun' I des whirls in an' talks ter myse'f ."
It's allers been mighty funny ter me," Uncle Remus went on, " dat- de
creeturs know'd what dey know'd in times 'way back yander. Dey know'd
mighty nigh ez much ez dey ain't know, an' you can'f say dat' 'bout folks
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So Uncle Remus made himself a little more comfortable on his shoe
bench, and began: " Soon one mornin' Brer B'aT, Brer Wolf, an' Brer Fox
wuz gwine home fum de night's promeraade, when right in de middle er de
big road dey seed a quare-lookin' track not one, but a whole passel un um.
Who's dis? says Brer B'ar. It's a bran'-new thing ter me,' says Brer
Wolf. ' It's a track dat's bigger dan mine,'ays Brer Fox ; an', dar dey stood,
lookin' an' wonderin'.
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'VBrer'B'ar, he spoken'upan say-sezee, 'We, wuz des a-lookinVat
deze" tracks in de road, wonderin' who drapt um an' whar he come fum.'
Brer Rabbit, he say, sezee, 4 1 know mighty well de one dat made um. . He's
been run out'n one county, an' now he's come over here fer ter be de, cause er
trouble. Ef we all stood tergedder he'd be run out'n dis county, same ez
dey runs him out'n all de counties whar he tries fer ter settle down. It ain't
nobody in de roun' worP but Mr. No-Claws-Mo-Claws, an' ef you-all.want
ter runim off! I'll j'ine you, an' el you won't do that, I'll run .'im out by
myse'f J 111 say dai much. When it comes ter doin'. what oughter be done,
here's whatH do it I '
" Well.'dey' stood dar, rollin' der min's over an tryin' fer ter make
um up like yo' great-gran'-mammy use ter make up her feather bed. Brer
Rabbit, watchin' um, kinder smole a little smile, an' 'low, sezee, Ef youer
skeer'd, ol frien's, we'll drap de whole business an' say no mo' 'bout it.'
Brer B'ar, Brer Wolf, an' Brer Fox look kinder sheepish. Brer B'ar kinder
shufflsd roun' like a flea wuz bitin' him, an'.atter so long a time Brer Fox
spoken up an' say, sezee,
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" An' whiles dey wuz doin' dis, here come ol' Brer Rabbit down de
road, fresh fum some er his pirootin's. He say, sezee, ' Hello, ol' frien's an'
neighbors! What you doin' here, when, by good rights, you oughter be
at home wid yo' 6pecktable famblies? '
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" We'll all go wid you,' Brer Rabbit, long ez de journey may be,' an'
wid dat dey pufout fer ter foller de tracks what dey seed in de road. ' Twan't
long 'fo' dey come up wid Mr. No-Claws-Mo-Claws. . 1
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Helwui playin, all by'hJs own lone.se'f. He'd run" roun' a tree,
den he'd hug it an' jump "way fum it like he wuz skeer'd. When he seed
da yuther creeturs what went wid Brer Rabbit, he looked at um an' grinned.
Dis make um mad, an. Brer Fox, he say, sezee, Don't you dast ter grin at
me, you gran' rascal 1 I'm come fer ter run you out'n de county! '
- Dis make the creetur grin all de mo', an'. Brer. Rabbit .tow, sezee,
You ain't gwine ter put up wid dat, is you, Brer Fox? An' Brer Fox, bein
natchaUy kinder biggity, run at Mr. No-Claws-Mo-Claws wid his mouf wide
open,' an' he come mighty nigh not runnin' back ag'in,'kaze de creetur at de
tree wan't nobody in de roun wort', but ol Brer Wil'cat, an' ha come mighty
nigh strippin' off all de cloze dat Brer Fox had on an' he ain't fetch 'im but
two swipes at dat.
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Brer Rabbit, he low, Brer Fox, I'm afeard you'll hatter git yo ol'
oman fer ter patch yo' hide, kate dis islots wuss dan de Tar-baby trouble
what you got me in ! "