NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS 
dey got ter de song. Ole Brer Rabbit, he got de call, en he open 
up lak dis: — 
“* Some folks pile up mo'n dey kin tote, 
En dat w'at de marter wid King Deer goat,* 
en den Brer Fox, he make answer: — 
“'Dot's so, dot's so, en I'm glad dat it's so l* 
Den de quills en de tr’angle, dey come in, en den Brer Rabbit 
pursue on wid de call: — 
“'Some kill sheep en some kill shote. 
But Brer Fox kill King Deer goat,* 
en den Brer Fox, he jine in wid de answer: — 
'"I did, dat I did, en I'm glad dat I did 1* 
En des ’bout dat time King Deer, he walk outer de gate en hit 
Brer Fox a clip wid his walkin’-cane, en he toiler it up wid ’n’er’n, 
dat make Brer Fox fa’rly squall, en you des better b’lieve he 
make tracks ’way fum dar, en de gal she come out, en dey ax 
Brer Rabbit in.” 
“Did Brother Rabbit marry King Deer’s daughter, Uncle 
Remus?” asked the little boy. 
“Now, den, honey, you’re crowdin’ me,” responded the old 
man. “Dey ax ’im in, en dey gun ’im a great big hunk er 
chicken-pie, but I won’t make sho’ dat he tuck’n marry de gal. 
De p’int wid me is de way Brer Rabbit run Brer Fox off fum 
dar.” 
XIV 
BRER TERRAPIN DECEIVES BRER BUZZARD 
There was a pause here, which was finally broken by ’Tildy, 
whose remark was in the shape of a very undignified yawn. Uncle 
Remus regarded her for a moment with an expression of undis¬ 
guised scorn, which quickly expressed itself in words: — 
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