. Told by Uncle Remus : new stories of the old plantation . right outn a ban-box. You know what de riddle say bout im;when he stan up he sets down, an when he walkshe hops. He d a been mighty well thunk un, efit had nt but V been fer his habits. He holler somuch at night dat de yuther creeturs cant git nosleep. He d holler an holler, an bout de timeyou think he bleeze ter be shame er hollerin somuch, he d up an holler agin. It got so dat decreeturs hatter go way off somers ef dey wantergit any sleep, an it seem like dey cant git so furoff but wrhat Brer Bull-Frog would wake um uptime dey git t
. Told by Uncle Remus : new stories of the old plantation . right outn a ban-box. You know what de riddle say bout im;when he stan up he sets down, an when he walkshe hops. He d a been mighty well thunk un, efit had nt but V been fer his habits. He holler somuch at night dat de yuther creeturs cant git nosleep. He d holler an holler, an bout de timeyou think he bleeze ter be shame er hollerin somuch, he d up an holler agin. It got so dat decreeturs hatter go way off somers ef dey wantergit any sleep, an it seem like dey cant git so furoff but wrhat Brer Bull-Frog would wake um uptime dey git ter dozin good. He d raise up an low, Here I is! Here I is!Wharbouts is you? Wharbouts is you? Comealong! Come along! It uz des dat a-way de wholeblessed night, an de yuther creeturs, dey say datit sholy was a shame dat anybody would set rightflat-footed an ruin der good name. Look like he BROTHER RABBIT AND BROTHER BULL-FROG 215 pestered evybody but olBrer Rabbit, an de rea-son dat he liked it wuz kaze it worried de yuther •<-: creeturs. He d set an. Hed set an lissen, . . an den hed laugh fit ter kill lissen, ol Brer Rabbit would, an den he laugh fit ter kill kaze he aint a-keerin whed 216 TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS der er no he git any sleep er not. Ef dey sanybody what kin set up twel de las dayin de mornin an not git red-eyed an heavy-headed, it s ol Brer Rabbit. When he wantersleep, he d des shet one eye an sleep, an whenhe wanter stay wake, he d des open bofe eyes,an dar he wuz wid all his foots under im, an a-chawin his terbacker same ez ef dey wa nt noBrer Bull-Frog in de whole Nunited State erGeorgy. It went on dis way fer I dunner how long -ol Brer Bull-Frog a-bellerin all night long ankeepin de yuther creeturs wake, an Brer Rab-bit a-laughin. But, bimeby, de time coine whenBrer Rabbit hatter lay in some mo calamus root,agin de time when t would be too col fer ter digit, an when he went fer ter hunt fer it, his way ledim down todes de mill-pon whar Brer Bull-Froglive at
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