BRER FOX CATCHES MR. HORSE 
kin ketch ’im en tie ’im. Wid dat', Brer Fox, he say come on, en 
off dey put. 
“W’en dey got dar, sho’ nuff, dar lay de Hoss all stretch out 
in de sun, fas’ ’sleep, en den Brer Fox en Brer Rabbit, dey had 
a ’spute ’bout how dey gwine ter fix de Hoss so he can’t git loose. 
One say one way en de yuther say n’er way, en dar dey had it, 
twel atter w’ile Brer Rabbit, he say, sezee: — 
“‘De onliest plan w’at I knows un, Brer Fox,’ sezee, ‘is fer you 
ter git down dar en lemme tie you ter de Hoss tail, en den, w’en 
he try ter git up, you kin hoi’ ’im down,’ sezee. ‘Ef I wuz big 
man like w’at you is,’ sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, ‘you mought tie 
me ter dat Hoss’ tail, en ef I ain’t hoi’ ’im down, den Joe’s dead 
en Sal’s a widder. I des knows you kin hoi’ ’im down,’ sez Brer 
Rabbit, sezee, ‘but yit, ef you ’feared, we des better drap dat 
idee en study out some yuther plan,’ sezee. 
“Brer Fox sorter jubus ’bout dis, but he bleedzd ter play big- 
gity ’fo’ Brer Rabbit, en he tuck’n ’gree ter de progrance, en den 
Brer Rabbit, he tuck’n tie Brer Fox ter de Hoss’ tail, en atter he 
git ’im tie dar hard en fas’, he sorter step back, he did, en put he 
han’s ’kimbo, en grin, en den he say, sezee: — 
“‘Ef ever dey wuz a Hoss kotch, den we done kotch dis 
un. Look sorter lak we done put de bridle on de wrong een’,’ 
sezee, ‘but I lay Brer Fox is got de strenk fer ter hoi’ ’im,’ 
sezee. 
“Wid dat, Brer Rabbit cut ’im a long switch en trim it up, en 
w’en he get it fix, up he step en hit de Hoss a rap — pow! De Hoss 
’uz dat s’prise at dat kinder doin’s dat he make one jump, en 
lan’ on he foots. W’en he do dat, dar wuz Brer Fox danglin’ in 
de a’r, en Brer Rabbit, he dart out de way en holler: — 
“‘Hoi’ ’im down, Brer Fox! Hoi’ ’im down! I’ll stan’ out yer 
en see fa’r play. Hoi’ ’im down, Brer Fox! Hoi’ ’im down!’ 
“Co’se, w’en de Hoss feel Brer Fox hangin’ dar onter he tail, 
he thunk sump’n’ kuse wuz de marter, en dis make ’im jump en 
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