NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS 
't wa'n’t long 'fo' dey year mighty kuse noise out dar t'er side er 
de ole fiel’. De Guinnies, dey make great 'miration, des lak dey 
does deze days, en ole Sis Cow fling up 'er head en look all 'roun'. 
She ain't see nothin’. 
“ Atter w’ile dey year de kuse fuss 'g'in, en dey look 'roun', en 
bless gracious! stan’in’ right dar, 'twix' dem en sundown, wuz a 
great big Lion!" 
“A Lion, Uncle Remus?" asked the little boy, in amazement. 
“Des ez sho’ ez you er settin’ dar, honey, — a great big Lion. 
You better b’leeve dey wuz a monst’us flutterment 'mungs de 
Guinnies, en ole Sis Cow, she looked mighty skeer’d. De Lion 
love cow meat mos’ better dan he do any yuther kinder meat, en 
he shake he head en 'low ter hisse'f dat he’ll des about ketch ole 
Sis Cow T en eat 'er up, en take en kyar de calf ter he fambly. 
“Den he tuck’n shuck he head, de Lion did, en make straight at 
Sis Cow. De Guinnies dey run dis a-way, en dey run t’er way, en 
dey run all 'roun' en 'roun'; but ole Sis Cow, she des know she got 
ter stan’ 'er groun’, en w’en she see de Lion makin' todes 'er, she 
des tuck’n drapt 'er head down en pawed de dirt. De Lion, he 
crope up, he did, en crope 'roun', watchin’ fer good chance fer ter 
make a jump. He crope 'roun', he did, but no diffunce which a-way 
he creep, dar wuz ole Sis Cow hawns p’intin’ right straight at 'im. 
Ole Sis Cow, she paw de dirt, she did, en show de white er her 
eyes, en beller way down in 'er stomach. 
“ Dey went on dis a-way, dey did, twel bimeby de Guinnies, dey 
see dat Sis Cow ain’t so mighty skeer’d, en den dey 'gun ter take 
heart. Fus' news you know, one un um sorter drap he wings en 
fuzzle up de fedders en run out 'twix' Sis Cow en de Lion. W’en 
he get dar, he sorter dip down, he did, en fling up dirt des lak you 
see um do in de ash-pile. Den he tuck’n run back, he did, en time 
he git back, ’n’er one run out en raise de dus’ 'twix' Sis Cow en de 
Lion. Den ’n’er one, he run out en dip down en shoo up de dus'; 
den 'n'er one run out en dip down, en ’n’er one en yit ’n’er one, 
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