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. Told by Uncle Remus : new stories of the old plantation . leme gi you de frailin what I done promise you!but ol Brer Rabbit, he keep on a-gwine. BrerBull-Frog went hoppin atter, but he aint makemuch headway, kaze all de time he wuz hoppinhe wuz tryin to strut. Twuz een about ez much ez Brer Rabbitkin do fer ter keep fum laughin, but he led BrerBull-Frog ter de holler poplar, whar he had hishatchet hid. Ez he went in, he low, You cantgit me! He went in, he did, an out he popped onter side. By dat time Brer Bull-Frog wuz mightycertain an sho dat Brer Rabbit wuz skeerd ezhe kin be, an inter de
. Told by Uncle Remus : new stories of the old plantation . leme gi you de frailin what I done promise you!but ol Brer Rabbit, he keep on a-gwine. BrerBull-Frog went hoppin atter, but he aint makemuch headway, kaze all de time he wuz hoppinhe wuz tryin to strut. Twuz een about ez much ez Brer Rabbitkin do fer ter keep fum laughin, but he led BrerBull-Frog ter de holler poplar, whar he had hishatchet hid. Ez he went in, he low, You cantgit me! He went in, he did, an out he popped onter side. By dat time Brer Bull-Frog wuz mightycertain an sho dat Brer Rabbit wuz skeerd ezhe kin be, an inter de holler he went, widout somuch ez takin de trouble ter shet up his he got in de holler, in cose he aint seehide ner har er Brer Rabbit, an he beller out,Whar is you? You may hide, but I 11 fin you,an when I does — when I does! He aint say allhe wanter say, kaze by dat time Brer Rabbit wuzlammin on de tree wid his hatchet. He hit it some 228 TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS mighty heavy whacks, an Brer Bull-Frog git deidee dat somebodywuz cuttin it Brer Rabbit run roun ter whar he u*uz an chop his tail off BROTHER RABBIT AND BROTHER BULLFROG 229 Dis kinder skeerd im, kaze he know dat efde tree fell while he in de holler, it d be all-nightIsom wid him. But when he make a move fer terturn roun in dar fer ter come out, Brer Rabbitrun roun ter whar he wuz, an chop his tail offright smick-smack-smoove. The veteran story-teller paused, and looked atthe clouds that were gathering in the sky.* Twould nt stonish me none, he remarkeddryly, ef we wuz ter have some fallin wedder. But, Uncle Remus, what happened whenBrother Rabbit cut off the Bull-Frogs tail? in-quired the little boy. The old man sighed heavily, and lookedaround, as if he were hunting for some way of es-cape. Why, honey, when de Frog tail wuz cutoff, it stayed off, but dey tells me dat it kep on awigglin plum twel de sun went down. Dis muchI does know, dat sence dat day, none er de Frogfambly has been troubled wid ta
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