NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS 
“‘Ef you git any mo’ sense, Son Riley, you’ll be de ruination 
ev de whole settlement, Son Riley Rabbit, Riley.’ 
“Den Brer Rabbit drag de snake ’long home, en stew ’im down 
en rub wid de grease fer ter make ’im mo’ ’soopler in de lim’s. 
Bless yo’ soul, honey, Brer Rabbit mought er bin kinder fibble in 
de legs, but he wa’n’t no ways cripple und’ de hat.” 1 
XXXVI 
BRER WOLF FALLS A VICTIM 
“Uncle Remus,” said the little boy, one night, when he found 
the old man sitting alone in his cabin, “did you ever see Mammy- 
Bammy Big-Money?” 
Uncle Remus placed his elbows on his knees, rested his chin in 
the palms of his hands, and gazed steadily in the fire. Presently 
he said: — 
“W’en folks ’gin ter git ole en no ’count, hit look lak der 
’membunce git slack. Some time hit seem lak I done seed 
sump’n’ n’er mighty nigh de make en color er ole Mammy- 
Bammy Big-Money, en den ag’in seem lak I ain’t. W’en dat de 
case, w’at does I do? Does I stan’ tiptoe en tetch de rafters en 
make lak I done seed dat ole Witch-Rabbit, w’en, goodness knows, 
I ain’t seed ’er? Dat I don’t. No, bless you! I’d say de same in 
comp’ny, much less settin’ in yer ’long side er you. De long en de 
short un it,” exclaimed Uncle Remus, with emphasis, “ is des dis. 
1 A version of this story makes Brother Rabbit capture a swarm of bees. Mr. W. O. 
Tuggle, of Georgia, who has made an exhaustive study of the Creek Indians, has dis¬ 
covered a variant of the legend. The Rabbit (Chufee) becomes alarmed because he has 
nothing but the nimbleness of his feet to take him out of harm’s way. He goes to his 
Creator and begs that greater intelligence be bestowed upon him. Thereupon the snake 
test is applied, as in the negro story, and the Rabbit also catches a swarm of gnats. He 
is then told that he has as much intelligence as there is any need for, and he goes away 
satisfied. 
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