BRER RABBIT BREAKS UP A PARTY 
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BRER RABBIT BREAKS UP A PARTY 
As long as Uncle Remus allowed ’Tildy to remain in the cabin, 
the little boy was not particularly interested in preventing the 
perfunctory abuse which the old man might feel disposed to be¬ 
stow upon the complacent girl. The truth is, the child’s mind 
was occupied with the episode in the story of Mr. Benjamin 
Ram which treats of the style in which this romantic old wag put 
Mr. and Mrs. Wolf to flight by playing a tune upon his fiddle. 
The little boy was particularly struck with this remarkable feat, 
as many a youngster before him had been, and he made bold to 
recur to it again by asking Uncle Remus for all the details. It 
was plain to the latter that the child regarded Mr. Ram as the 
typical hero of all the animals, and this was by no means gratify¬ 
ing to the old man. He answered the little boy’s questions as well 
as he could, and, when nothing more remained to be said about 
Mr. Ram, he settled himself back in his chair and resumed the 
curious history of Brother Rabbit: — 
“Co’se Mr. Ram mighty smart man. I ain’t ’spute dat; but 
needer Mr. Ram ner yet Mr. Lam is soon creeturs lak Brer 
Rabbit. Mr. Benjermun Ram, he tuck’n skeer off Brer Wolf en 
his ole ’oman wid his fiddle, but, bless yo’ soul, ole Brer Rabbit 
he gone en done wuss’n dat.” 
“What did Brother Rabbit do?” asked the little boy. 
“One time,” said Uncle Remus, “Brer Fox, he tuck’n ax some 
er de yuther creeturs ter he house. He ax Brer B’ar, en Brer Wolf, 
en Brer ’Coon, but he ain’t ax Brer Rabbit. All de same, Brer 
Rabbit got win’ un it, en he ’low dat ef he don’t go, he ’speck he 
have much fun ez de nex’ man. 
“De creeturs w’at git de invite, dey tuck’n ’semble at Brer 
Fox house, en Brer Fox, he ax um in en got um cheers, en dey 
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