er, en Brer Rabbit, he des lay down dar in de brier-patch en roll
en laugh twel his sides hurtid 'im. He bleedzd ter laff. Fox
atter 'im, Buzzard atter 'im, en Cow atter 'im, en dey ain't
kotch 'im yet."
X. MR. TERRAPIN APPEARS UPON THE SCENE
"MISS SALLY'S" little boy again occupying the anxious position
of auditor, Uncle Remus took the shovel and "put de noses er de
chunks tergedder," as he expressed it, and then began:
"One day, atter Sis Cow done run pas' 'er own shadder tryin' fer
ter ketch 'im. Brer Rabbit tuck'n 'low dat he wuz gwineter drap
in
en see Miss Meadows en de gals, en he got out his piece er
lookin'-glass en primp up, he did, en sot out. Gwine canterin'
long de road, who should Brer Rabbit run up wid but ole Brer
Tarrypin--de same ole one-en-sixpunce. Brer Rabbit stop, he did,
en rap on de roof er Brer Tarrypin house."
"On the roof of his house, Uncle Remus?" interrupted the little
boy.
"Co'se honey, Brer Tarrypin kyar his house wid 'im. Rain er
shine, hot er col', strike up wid ole Brer Tarrypin w'en you
will en w'ilst you may, en whar you fine 'im, dar you'll fine
his shanty. Hit's des like I tell you. So den! Brer Rabbit he
rap on de roof er Brer Tarrypin's house, he did, en ax wuz he
in, en Brer Tarrypin 'low dat he wuz, en den Brer Rabbit, he ax
'im howdy, en den Brer Tarrypin he likewise 'spon' howdy, en den
Brer Rabbit he say whar wuz Brer Tarrypin gwine, en Brer
Tarrypin, he say w'ich he wern't gwine nowhar skasely. Den Brer
Rabbit 'low he wuz on his way fer ter see Miss Meadows en de
gals, en he ax Brer Tarrypin ef he won't jine in en go long, en
Brer Tarrypin 'spon' he don't keer ef he do, en den dey sot out.
Dey had plenty er time fer confabbin' 'long de way, but bimeby
dey got dar, en Miss Meadows en de gals dey come ter de do', dey
did, en ax um in, en in dey went.
"W'en dey got in, Brer Tarrypin wuz so flat-footed dat he wuz too
low on de flo', en he wern't high nuff in a cheer, but while dey
wuz all scrambling' 'roun' tryin' fer ter git Brer Tarrypin a
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