BRER FOX’S FISH-TRAP 
hankerin’ atter sump’n’ ’sides fresh meat, en he say he b’leeve he 
make ’im a fish-trap. Brer Rabbit say he wish Brer Fox mighty 
well, but he ain’t honin’ atter fish hisse’f, en ef he is he ain’t got 
no time fer ter make no fish-trap. 
“No marter fer dat, Brer Fox, he tuck’n got ’im out some 
timber, he did, en he wuk nights fer ter make dat trap. Den w’en 
he git it done, he tuck’n hunt ’im a good place fer ter set it, en de 
way he sweat over dat ar trap wuz a sin — dat’t wuz. 
“Yit atter so long a time, he got ’er sot, en den he tuck’n 
wash he face en han’s en go home. All de time he ’uz fixin’ un it 
up, Brer Rabbit ’uz settin’ on de bank watchin’ ’im. He sot dar, 
he did, en play in de ^water, en cut switches fer ter w’ip at de 
snake-doctors , 1 en all dat time Brer Fox, he pull en haul en tote 
rocks fer ter hoi’ dat trap endurin’ a freshet. 
“Brer Fox went home en res’ hisse’f, en bimeby he go down fer 
ter see ef dey any fish in he trap. He sorter fear’d er snakes, but 
he feel ’roun’ en he feel ’roun’, yit he ain’t feel no fish. Den he go 
off. 
“Bimeby, ’long todes de las’ er de week, he go down en feel 
’roun’ ’g’in, yit he ain’t feel no fish. Hit keep on dis a-way twel 
Brer Fox git sorter fag out. He go en he feel, but dey ain’t no 
fish dar. Atter w’ile, one day, he see de signs whar somebody bin 
robbin’ he trap, en he ’low ter hisse’f dat he’ll des in ’bout watch 
en fine out who de somebody is. 
“ Den he tuck’n got in he boat en paddle und’ de bushes on de 
bank en watch he fish-trap. He watch all de mornin ; nobody 
ain’t come. He watch all endurin’ er atter dinner; nobody ain t 
come. ’Long todes night, w’en he des ’bout makin ready fer ter 
paddle off home, he year fuss on t’er side de river, en lo en be- 
holes, yer come Brer Rabbit polin’ a boat right todes Brer Fox 
fish-trap. 
“Look lak he dunner how to use a paddle, en he des had im 
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