NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS 
“All dish yer copyin’ atter deze yer Faverses put me in min’ er 
de time w’en Brer Fox got ter copyin’ atter Brer Rabbit. I done 
tole you ’bout de time w’en Brer Rabbit git de game fum Brer 
Fox by makin’ like he dead?” 1 
The little boy remembered it very distinctly, and said as 
much. 
“Well, den, ole Brer Fox, w’en he see how slick de trick wuk 
wid Brer Rabbit, he say ter hisse’f dat he b’leeve he’ll up’n try de 
same kinder game on some yuther man, en he keep on watchin’ 
fer he chance, twel bimeby, one day, he year Mr. Man cornin’ 
down de big road in a one-hoss waggin, kyar’n some chickens, en 
some eggs, en some butter, ter town. Brer Fox year ’im cornin’, 
he did, en w’at do he do but go en lay down in de road front er 
de waggin. Mr. Man, he druv ’long, he did, cluckin’ ter de hoss 
en hummin’ ter hisse’f, en w’en dey git mos’ up ter Brer Fox, de 
hoss, he shy, he did, en Mr. Man, he tuck’n holler Wo! en de 
hoss, he tuck’n wo’d. Den Mr. Man, he look down, en he see 
Brer Fox lay in’ out dar on de groun’ des like he cole en stiff, en 
w’en Mr. Man see dis, he holler out: — 
“‘Heyo! Dar de chap w’at been nabbin’ up my chickens, en 
somebody done gone en shot off a gun at ’im, w’ich I wish she’d 
er bin two guns — dat I does!’ 
“Wid dat, Mr. Man he druv on en lef’ Brer Fox layin’ dar. 
Den Brer Fox, he git up en run ’roun’ thoo de woods en lay down 
front er Mr. Man ag’in, en Mr. Man comedrivin’ ’long, en he see 
Brer Fox, en he say, sezee; — 
“‘Heyo! Yer de ve’y chap what been ’stroyin’ my pigs. 
Somebody done gone en kilt ’im, en I wish dey’d er kilt ’im long 
time ago.’ 
“Den Mr. Man, he druv on, en de waggin-w’eel come mighty 
nigh mashin’ Brer Fox nose; yit, all de same, Brer Fox lipt up en 
run ’roun’ ’head er Mr. Man, en lay down in de road, en w’en Mr. 
1 Uncle Remus: Bis Songs and His Sayings , p. 70 (New York: D. Appleton & Co.). 
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