BRER RABBIT AND BRER FOX 
“Bless yo’ soul, honey, de banks! Co’se w’en Brer Rabbit 
tuck’n cut de string, de banks er de creek, de banks, dey fall 
back, dey did, en Mr. Lion can’t jump back. De banks dey keep 
on failin’ back, en de creek keep on gittin’ wider en wider, twel 
bimeby Brer Rabbit en Mr. Lion ain’t in sight er one er n’er, en 
fum dat day to dis de big waters bin rollin’ ’twix’ um.” 
“But, Uncle Remus, how could the banks of a creek be tied 
with a string?” 
“ I ain’t ax um dat, honey, en darfo’ yo ’ll hatter take um ez you 
git um. Nex’ time de tale-teller come ’roun’ I ’ll up’n ax ’im, en 
ef you ain’t too fur off, I ’ll whirl in en sen’ you wud, en den you 
kin go en see fer yo’se’f. But’t ain’t skacely wuth yo’ w’ile fer 
ter blame me, honey, ’bout de creek banks bein’ tied wid a string. 
Who put um dar, I be bless ef I knows, but I knows who onloose 
um, dat w’at I knows!” 
It is very doubtful if this copious explanation was satisfactory 
to the child, but just as Uncle Remus concluded, Daddy Jack 
came shuffling in, and shortly afterwards both Aunt Tempy and 
’Tildy put in an appearance, and the mind of the youngster was 
diverted to other matters. 
LIX 
BRER RABBIT GETS BRER FOX’S DINNER 
After the new-comers had settled themselves in their accustomed 
places, and ’Tildy had cast an unusual number of scornful glances 
at Daddy Jack, who made quite a pantomime of his courtship, 
Uncle Remus startled them all somewhat by breaking into a loud 
laugh. 
“I boun’ you,” exclaimed Aunt Tempy, grinning with enthu¬ 
siastic sympathy, “I boun’ you Brer Remus done fine out some 
mo’ er Brer Rabbit funny doin’s; now I boun’ you dat.” 
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