BRER WOLF STILL IN TROUBLE 
but no ’pollygy ain’t gwine ter make ha’r come back whar de 
b’ilin’ water hit.” 
“Did they spill the hot water on purpose, UncleRemus?”the 
little boy inquired. 
“Now, den, honey, youer crowdin’ me. Dem ar creeturs wuz 
mighty kuse — mo’ speshually Brer Rabbit. W’en it come down 
ter dat,” said Uncle Remus, lowering his voice and looking very 
grave, “I ’speck ef youder s’arch de country fum hen-roost to 
river-bank , 1 you won’t fine a no mo’ kuser man dan Brer Rabbit. 
All I knows is dat Brer Rabbit en Brer Tarrypin had a mighty 
laughin’ spell des ’bout de time Brer Wolf hit de groun’.” 
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BRER WOLF STILL IN TROUBLE 
“En still we er by ourse’fs,” exclaimed Uncle Remus, as the little 
boy ran into his cabin, the night after he had heard the story of 
how Brother Rabbit scalded Brother Wolf. “We er by ourse’fs 
en time’s a-passin’. Dem ar folks dunner w’at dey er missin’. We er 
des gittin’ ter dat p’int whar we kin keep de run er creeturs, en it 
keeps us dat busy we ain’t got time fer ter bolt our vittles skacely. 
“I done tell you ’bout Brer Rabbit makin’ ’im a steeple; but I 
ain’t tell you ’bout how Brer Rabbit got ole Brer Wolf out’n er 
mighty bad fix.” 
“No,” said the little boy, “you have n’t, and that’s just what 
I have come for now.” * 
Uncle Remus looked at the rafters, then at the little boy, and 
finally broke into a loud laugh. 
“I ’clar’ ter goodness,” he exclaimed, addressing the imaginary 
1 Based on a characteristic negro saying. For instance: “Where’s Jim?” “You 
can’t keep up wid dat nigger. Des let night come, en he’s runnin’ fum hen-roost to river- 
bank.” In other words, stealing chickens and robbing fish baskets. 
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