. Told by Uncle Remus : new stories of the old plantation . Brer Fox he 11 git up in good Miss Fox low, La! I dunner what you callgood time. Look at de sun - - it s way up yan-der, an dar he is sleepin like a log. Fo he went 152 TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS ter bed he made me take his head off, an he aintwoke up sence. An how did you git it off,mum? sez ol Brer Rabbit, sezee. I tuck antuck de ax an cut it off, seshe. Wid dat BrerRabbit flung bofe hans over his face, an mosiedoff like he wuz cryin. Finn de way he look you da thunk his heart wuz broke; yit he wa ntcryin. Then what was he doing, U
. Told by Uncle Remus : new stories of the old plantation . Brer Fox he 11 git up in good Miss Fox low, La! I dunner what you callgood time. Look at de sun - - it s way up yan-der, an dar he is sleepin like a log. Fo he went 152 TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS ter bed he made me take his head off, an he aintwoke up sence. An how did you git it off,mum? sez ol Brer Rabbit, sezee. I tuck antuck de ax an cut it off, seshe. Wid dat BrerRabbit flung bofe hans over his face, an mosiedoff like he wuz cryin. Finn de way he look you da thunk his heart wuz broke; yit he wa ntcryin. Then what was he doing, Uncle Remus?the little boy asked. Des a-laughin - laughin fit ter kill. Whenol Miss Fox see im gwine long like he wuz cryin,she spiciond dat sumpn wuz wrong, an shonuff twuz, kaze Brer Fox aint wake up no low, Ol honey look like he dead, but he bet-ter be dead dan outer de fashion! I take notice, honey, dat you aint use yo*hankcher yit. What de matter wid you? Is yoweeps all dry up? The child laughed and stuffed his handker-chief back in his She dremp dot Brer Rabbit wuz laughin at IX WHY THE TURKEY BUZZARD IS BALD-HEADED MOTHER, said the little boy oneday, do you know why the tur-key buzzards are bald? Why, no, replied the young mother, verymuch surprised. I did nt even know they werebald. But why do you ask such a silly question? Because Uncle Remus said you knew whythey are bald. You tell Uncle Remus, said the grand-mother, laughing heartily, that I say he is an oldrascal, and he had better behave himself. The way of it was this: The little boy had beenwalking out in the fields with Uncle Remus, andhad seen, away up in the sky, two or three turkeybuzzards floating lazily along on motionlesswings. From the fields they had gone into thewoods, and in these woods they had found what 153 154 TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS Uncle Remus had said was a buzzards nest. Itwas in a hollow tree, flat on the ground, andwhen they came near, the mother buzzard issuedforth from the hollow
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