NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS 
a-wigglin’ en he legs all spraddled out, en him a-whirlin’ ’roan’ 
en ’roun’ en lookin’ skeer’d. 
“De t’er creeturs dey see Brer Tarrypin go up safe en soun’, 
en dey see de vittles passin’ ’roun’, en dey ’gun ter feel lak dey 
wanter see de inside er Brer Rabbit steeple. Den Brer Wolf, he 
hail ’im: — 
“ ‘ Heyo dar, Brer Rabbit! Youer lookin’ mighty scrumptious 
way up dar! How you come on?’ 
“Brer Rabbit, he look down, he did, en he see who’t is hol¬ 
lerin’, en he ’spon’: — 
“‘Po’ly, mighty po’ly, but I thank de Lord I’m able to eat my 
’lowance . 1 Won’t you drap up, Brer Wolf?’ 
“‘Hit’s a mighty clumsy journey fer ter make, Brer Rabbit, 
yit I don’t keer ef I does.’ 
“Wid dat, Brer Rabbit let down de plough-line, en Brer Wolf 
kotch holt, en dey ’gun ter haul ’im up. Dey haul en dey haul, en 
w’en Brer Wolf git mos’ ter de top he year Brer Rabbit holler 
out: — 
“‘Stir ’roun’, ole ’oman, en set de table; but ’fo’ you do dat, 
fetch de kittle fer ter make de coffee.’ 
“Dey haul en dey haul on de plough-line, en Brer Wolf year 
Brer Rabbit squall out: — 
“‘Watch out dar, ole ’oman! You’ll spill dat b’ilin’ water on 
Brer Wolf!’ 
“En, bless yo’ soul!” continued Uncle Remus, turning half 
around in his chair to face his enthusiastic audience of one, “dat 
’uz ’bout all Brer Wolf did year, ’kaze de nex’ minit down come 
de scaldin’ water, en Brer Wolf des fetch one squall en turn’t hisse’f 
aloose, en w’en he strak de groun’ he bounce des same ez one er 
deze yer injun-rubber balls w’at you use ter play wid ’long in dem 
times ’fo’ you tuck’n broke yo’ mammy lookin’-glass. Ole Brer 
Rabbit, he lean fum out de steeple en ’pollygize de bes’ he kin, 
1 Allowance; ration. 
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