NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS 
“Little Rab holler: ‘Who dat?’ 
“Brer Wolf, he up’n sing: — 
“'I'll stay w’en you away , 
*Kaze no goV will pay toll l 9 
“De little Rabs dey laugh en roll on de flo’, en dey up’n ’low: — 
“‘Go ’way, Mr. Wolf! We-all daddy ain’t got no bad col’ lak 
dat.’ 
“Brer Wolf slunk off, but bimeby he come back, en dis time he 
try mighty hard fer ter talk fine. He knock at de do’ — blam , 
blam , blam! 
“Little Rab holler: ‘Who dat?’ 
“Brer Wolf tu’n loose en sing: — 
“‘I'll stay w’en you away , 
’Kaze no gol’ will pay toll!’ 
“Little Rab holler back, he did: — 
“‘Go ’way, Mr. Wolf! go ’way! We-all daddy kin sing lots put¬ 
tier dan dat. Go ’way, Mr. Wolf! go ’way!’ 
“Brer Wolf he slunk off, he did, en he go ’way out in de woods, 
en he sing, en sing, twel he kin sing fine ez de nex’ man. Den he 
go back en knock at de do’, en w’en de little Rabs ax who dat, he 
sing dem de song; en he sing so nice, en he sing so fine, dat dey 
ondo de do’, en ole BrerWolf walk in en gobble um all up, fum de 
fus’ ter de las’. 
“W’en ole Brer Rabbit git back home, he fine de do’ stannin’ 
wide open en all de chilluns gone. Dey wa’n’t no sign er no tussle; 
de h’a’th ’uz all swep’ clean, en eve’ything wuz all ter rights, but 
right over in de cornder he see a pile er bones, en den he know in 
reason dat some er de yuther creeturs done bin dar en make hash 
outen he chilluns. 
“Den he go ’roun’ en ax um ’bout it, but dey all ’ny it; dey all 
’ny it ter de las’, en Brer Wolf, he ’ny it wuss’n all un um. Den 
Brer Rabbit tuck’n lay de case ’fo’ Brer Tarrypin. Ole Brer Tarry- 
pin wuz a mighty man in dem days,” continued Uncle Remus, with 
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