. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. MOCKERS AND SCOLDERS 135 n sol' dom. him 'round all day an' sat on de roof ob liis quarters an' talked all night, 'an tole him to bring back dem Mockers or dey'd tell ; an' Sambo war ,skeered an' wanted to put de birds back an' den he didn't like to. Nex' day, he 'lowed de he-Mocker wen' to de big house, an' tole massa 'bout it, an' he an' Miss Jessamine — dat was your ma — dey come down to de quarters an' tole Sambo he done took Mockers an' ask him what had he done wid all on 'em. An' he mos' turn' white an' he say,
. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. MOCKERS AND SCOLDERS 135 n sol' dom. him 'round all day an' sat on de roof ob liis quarters an' talked all night, 'an tole him to bring back dem Mockers or dey'd tell ; an' Sambo war ,skeered an' wanted to put de birds back an' den he didn't like to. Nex' day, he 'lowed de he-Mocker wen' to de big house, an' tole massa 'bout it, an' he an' Miss Jessamine — dat was your ma — dey come down to de quarters an' tole Sambo he done took Mockers an' ask him what had he done wid all on 'em. An' he mos' turn' white an' he say, ' 1 sol' 'em down de ribber' ; an" || massa say, ' I'se a great mind to sell you fl down de ribber, too ' — but he nebber riuffin' — gib us all our free- Now, no nigger want' to be sol' down de ribber, an' Sambo sa}, ' Oh, Miss Jessamine, dere's free I didn' sell, an' I'll gib 'em back to dat he-bird, an' ax his pardin.' ]Massa he laff and say, ' If dat he-bird will 'sense you, I will.' So Sambo put 'em back an' de he-bird act' s'if he know'd an' talk' a lot o' good advice to Sambo, but I'se shore 't war anoder nio-oer w'at tole on Sam. " Dey uster have a song 'bout de Mockers roun' de cabins, an' a dance went wid it, 'cause it was a berry long song ; but aftah dat Sambo done change it some when he uster sing ; Mammy then chanted a verse, keeping time by beat- ing her hands on her Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York : The Macmillan company
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