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“Law, Mam’ Tempy, I can't keep up wid you. How I know 
you down yer courtin' wid Unk Remus?" 
“Yo’ head mighty full er courtin’, you nas’ stinkin’ huzzy!" 
exclaimed Aunt Tempy. 
Uncle Remus, strange to say, was unmoved. He simply said: — 
“W’en you see dat ar 'Tildy gal pirootin' 'roun' I boun' you 
ole Brer Affikin Jack ain’t fur off. 'T won’t be so mighty long 
’fo’ de ole creetur’ll show up." 
“ How you know dat, Unk Remus? ’’ exclaimed ’Tildy, showing 
her white teeth and stretching her eyes. “Hit’s de Lord’s trufe; 
Mass Jeems done writ a letter ter Miss Sally, en’ he say in dat 
letter dat Daddy Jack ax ’im fer ter tell Miss Sally ter tell me dat 
he ’ll be up yer dis week. Dat ole Affikin ape got de impidence er 
de Ole Boy. He dunner who he foolin’ ’longer!" 
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The next night the little boy hardly waited to eat his supper be¬ 
fore going to Uncle Remus’s house; and when Aunt Tempy failed 
to put in an appearance as early as he thought necessary, he did 
not hesitate to go after her. He had an idea that there was a sequel 
to the story she had told the night before, and he was right. After 
protesting against being dragged around from post to pillar by 
children, Aunt Tempy said: — 
“Atter Brer Rabbit tuck’n make out he ’uz pizen’d un git all 
de beef, ’t wa’n’t long ’fo’ he chance to meet ole Brer Wolf right 
spang in de middle uv de road. Brer Rabbit, he sorter shied off 
ter one side, but Brer Wolf hail ’im: — 
“‘W’oa dar, my colty! don’t be so gayly. You better be 
’shame’ yo’se’f ’bout de way you do me w’en we go inter cahoots 
wid dat beef.’ 
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