NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS 
V 
BRER RABBIT’S ASTONISHING PRANK 
“I ’speck dat ’uz de reas’n w’at make ole Brer Rabbit git ’long 
so well, kaze he ain’t copy atter none er de yuther creeturs,” 
Uncle Remus continued, after a while. “W’en he make his dis¬ 
appearance ’fo’ um, hit ’uz allers in some bran new place. Dey 
ain’t know wharbouts fer ter watch out fer ’im. He wuz de fun¬ 
niest creetur er de whole gang. Some folks moughter call him 
lucky, en yit, w’en he git in bad luck, hit look lak he mos’ allers 
come out on top. Hit look mighty kuse now, but’t wa’n’t kuse 
in dem days, kaze hit ’uz done gun up dat, strike ’im w’en you 
might en whar you would, Brer Rabbit wuz de soopless creetur 
gwine. 
“One time, he sorter tuck a notion, ole Brer Rabbit did, dat 
he’d pay Brer B’ar a call, en no sooner do de notion strike ’im dan 
he pick hisse’f up en put out fer Brer B’ar house.” 
“Why, I thought they were mad with each other,” the little 
boy exclaimed. 
“Brer Rabbit make he call w’en Brer B’ar en his fambly wuz 
off fum home,” Uncle Remus explained, with a chuckle which was 
in the nature of a hearty tribute to the crafty judgment of 
Brother Rabbit. 
“He sot down by de road, en he see um go by, — ole Brer 
B’ar en ole Miss B’ar, en der two twin-chilluns, w’ich one un um 
wuz name Kubs en de t’er one wuz name Klibs.” f 
The little boy laughed, but the severe seriousness of Uncle 
Remus would have served for a study, as he continued: — 
“Ole Brer B’ar en Miss B’ar, dey went ’long ahead, en Kubs 
en Klibs, dey come shufflin’ en scramblin’ ’long behime. W’en 
Brer Rabbit see dis, he say ter hisse’f dat he ’speck he better go 
see how Brer B’ar gittin’ on; en off he put. En’t wa’n’t long n’er 
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