BRER RABBIT’S ASTONISHING PRANK 
’fo’ he ’uz ransackin’ de premmuses same like he ’uz sho’ ’nuff 
patter-roller. W’iles he wuz gwine ’roun’ peepin’ in yer en pokin’ 
in dar, he got ter foolin’ ’mong de shelfs, en a bucket er honey 
w’at Brer B’ar got hid in de cubbud fall down en spill on top er 
Brer Rabbit, en little mo’n he’d er bin drown. Fum head ter heels 
dat creetur wuz kiver’d wid honey; }ie wa’n’t des only bedobble 
wid it, he wuz des kiver’d. He hatter set dar en let de natal sweet¬ 
ness drip outen he eyeballs ’fo’ he kin see he han’ befo’ ’im, en 
den, atter he look’ ’roun’ little, he say to hisse’f, sezee: — 
“‘Heyo, yer! W’at I gwine do now? Ef I go out in de sunshine, 
de bumly-bees en de flies dey ’ll sworn up’n take me, en if I stay 
yer, Brer B’ar’ll come back en ketch me, en I dunner w’at in de 
name er gracious I gwine do.’ 
“Ennyhow, bimeby a notion strike Brer Rabbit, en he tip ’long 
twel he git in de woods, en w’en he git out dar, w’at do he do but 
roll in de leafs en trash en try fer ter rub de honey off’n ’im dat 
a-way. He roll, he did, en de leafs dey stick; Brer Rabbit roll, en 
de leafs dey stick, en he keep on rollin’ en de leafs keep on stickin’, 
twel atter w’ile Brer Rabbit wuz de mos’ owdashus-lookin’ creetur 
w’at you ever sot eyes on. En ef Miss Meadows en de gals could 
er seed ’im den en dar, dey would n’t er bin no mo’ Brer Rabbit 
call at der house; ’deed, en dat dey would n’t. 
“Brer Rabbit, he jump ’roun’, he did, en try ter shake de leafs 
off’n ’im, but de leafs, dey ain’t gwine ter be shuck off. Brer 
Rabbit, he shake en he shiver, but de leafs dey stick; en de capers 
dat creetur cut up out dar in de woods by he own-alone se’f wuz 
scan’lous — dey wuz dat; dey wuz scan’lous. 
“Brer Rabbit see dis wa’nt gwine ter do, en he ’low ter hisse’f 
dat he better be gittin’ on todes home, en off he put. I ’speck 
you done year talk er deze yer booggers w’at gits atter bad 
chilluns,” continued Uncle Remus, in a tone so seriously con¬ 
fidential as to be altogether depressing; “well, den, des ’zactly 
dat a-way Brer Rabbit look, en ef you’d er seed ’im you’d er made 
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