. Told by Uncle Remus : new stories of the old plantation . de business,and de time come when he got mighty tired ersettin in one place an holin a crown on hishead fer ter keep it fum fallin on de flo. He sayter hissef dat he wanter git out an git de freshar, an have some fun long wid dem what hebeen kingin over. He low dat he wanter fix it sodat he aint a-keerin whedder school keep er no,an he ax um all what de best thing he kin , one say one thing an de yuther say t other,but bimeby some un um chipped in an say datde best way ter have fun is ter go fishin, an diskinder hit de King rig
. Told by Uncle Remus : new stories of the old plantation . de business,and de time come when he got mighty tired ersettin in one place an holin a crown on hishead fer ter keep it fum fallin on de flo. He sayter hissef dat he wanter git out an git de freshar, an have some fun long wid dem what hebeen kingin over. He low dat he wanter fix it sodat he aint a-keerin whedder school keep er no,an he ax um all what de best thing he kin , one say one thing an de yuther say t other,but bimeby some un um chipped in an say datde best way ter have fun is ter go fishin, an diskinder hit de King right in de middle er hisnotions. He jump up an crack his heels tergedder, he 112 TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS did, an he say dat dat s what he been thinkinbout all de time. A-fishin it wuz an a-fishinhe d go, ef his life wuz spard twel he kin git terde creek. An, wid dat, dey wuz a mighty stirrinroun niongs dem what he wuz a-kingin over;some un um run off ter git fishin-poles, ansome run fer ter dig bait, an some run fer ter git * de bottle, an dar dey had it *>/. Some run fer ter dig bait - you d a thunk dat all creation wuz gwinefishin. Tnde Remus, said the little boy, interrupt- WHEN BROTHER RABBIT WAS KING 113 ing the old man, what did they want with abottle? The old man looked at the child with a puz-zled expression 011 his face. :De bottle? heasked with a sigh. I blieve I did say surnpnbout de bottle. I dunner wiiedder it uz a longwhite bottle er a chunky black un. Dem whathanded de tale down ter me aint say whatkinder one it wuz, an I in feard ter say rightshort off dat it uz one er de yuther. We 11 descall it a plain, evey-day bottle an let it go atdat. But what did they want with a bottle. UncleRemus? persisted the little boy. You aint never been fishin, is you honey?An you aint never see yo daddy go fishin. AllI know is dat whar dey s any fishin gwine on,you 11 fin a bottle somers in de neighborhoodsef you 11 scratch about in de bushes. AYell, decreeturs done like folks long
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