Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings . s, Brer Possum, wat yougwineter do? sez Brer Coon, sezee. Brer Possumsorter laugh round de cornders un his mouf. Oh, ef he come. Brer Coon, Im gwineter stanby you, sez Brer Possum. Wat you gwineter do?sezee. Who? me? sez Brer Coon. Ef he run up outerme, I lay I give im one twis, sezee. Did the dog come? asked the little boy. Go way, honey! responded the old man, in animpressive tone. Go way! Mr. Dog, he come en hecome a zoonin. En he aint wait fer ter say howdy,nudder. He des sail inter de two un um. De vey fuspas he make Brer Possum fetch a grin fum ye
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings . s, Brer Possum, wat yougwineter do? sez Brer Coon, sezee. Brer Possumsorter laugh round de cornders un his mouf. Oh, ef he come. Brer Coon, Im gwineter stanby you, sez Brer Possum. Wat you gwineter do?sezee. Who? me? sez Brer Coon. Ef he run up outerme, I lay I give im one twis, sezee. Did the dog come? asked the little boy. Go way, honey! responded the old man, in animpressive tone. Go way! Mr. Dog, he come en hecome a zoonin. En he aint wait fer ter say howdy,nudder. He des sail inter de two un um. De vey fuspas he make Brer Possum fetch a grin fum year teryear, en keel over like he wuz dead. Den Mr. Dog, hesail inter Brer Coon, en right dars whar he drap hismoney purse, kaze Brer Coon wuz cut out fer datkinder bizness, en he farly wipe up de face er de yethwid im. You better bleeve dat wen Mr. Dog got achance to make hissef skase he tuck it. en wat der WHY MR. POSSUM LOVES PEACE 13 wuz lef iin him went skaddlin tlioo de woods like hitwuz shot outen a muskit. En Brer Coon, he sorter. lick his cloze inter shape en rack oflF, en Brer Possum^he lay dar like he wuz dead, twel bimeby he raise upsorter keerful like, en wen he line de coas cler Ke scramble up en scamper off like sumpin was atter »• »mi. Here Uncle Remus paused long enough to pick up a hve coal of fire in his fingers, transfer it to the pahn 14 LEGENDS OF THE OLD PLANTATION of his hand, and tlience to his clay pipe, which he hadbeen fiUing—a proceeding that was viewed by thehttle boy with undisguised admiration. The old manthen proceeded: Nex time Brer Possum met Brer Coon, BrerCoon fuse ter spon ter his howdy, en dis make BrerPossum feel mighty bad, seein ez how dey usetermake so many scurshuns tergedder. Wat make you hoi yo head so high, Brer Coon?*sez Brer Possum, sezee. I aint runnin wid cowerds deze days,* sez BrerCoon. Wen I wants you 111 sen fer you, sezee. Den Brer Possum git mighty mad. Whos enny cowerd? sezee. You is, sez Brer Coon, dats who. I aint
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