. Told by Uncle Remus : new stories of the old plantation . ot good an ready, an deKing wuz bout ter start off, ol Brer Rabbitkinder hung his head on one side an set up asnigger. De King, he look stonish an den helow, ^Vhat s de joke, ol frien? Well, sez olBrer Rabbit, sezee, it look like ter me dat youbout ter go off an fergit sumpn. Taint none ermy business, but I could nt hep fum gigglinVDe King, he say, Up an out wid it, oP frien;li s hear de wust dey is ter hear. OP Brer Rab-bit, he say, sezee, I dunner ef it makes any dif-funce, but who gwine ter do de kingin whilesYOU gone a-fishin? Wel
. Told by Uncle Remus : new stories of the old plantation . ot good an ready, an deKing wuz bout ter start off, ol Brer Rabbitkinder hung his head on one side an set up asnigger. De King, he look stonish an den helow, ^Vhat s de joke, ol frien? Well, sez olBrer Rabbit, sezee, it look like ter me dat youbout ter go off an fergit sumpn. Taint none ermy business, but I could nt hep fum gigglinVDe King, he say, Up an out wid it, oP frien;li s hear de wust dey is ter hear. OP Brer Rab-bit, he say, sezee, I dunner ef it makes any dif-funce, but who gwine ter do de kingin whilesYOU gone a-fishin? Well, de King look like he wuz mightly tuckback; he flung up bofe hans an sot right flat in acheer, an den he low, I done got so dat Im de1ergit tines creetur what live on top er de groun;you may hunt high an low an you wont neverim dcm what kin beat mea-fergittin. Here I wuzbout fer ter go oil an leave de whole business atsixes an sevms. OP Brer Rabbit, he say, sezee,Oli. 1 speck dat would a been all right; deyain t likely ter be no harrycane, ner no fresh*. De King . . sot right flat in a cheer 115 116 TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS whiles you gone. De King, he low, Dat aintde thing; here I wuz bout ter go off on a frolic anleave eveything fer ter look atter itsef. What yoreckon folks would a said? I tell you now, deyaint no fun in bein a King, kaze yo time aintyo own, an you cant turn roun widout skin- nin yo shins on someby-law er nother. Fo Igo, ef go I does, I got terpint somebody fer tertake my place an beKing whiles I m gone;an ef twant dat, it dbe simipn else, an sodar you go yearin an year sot dar,he did, an •• • -. study an*study, anbimeby h esay, sezee, Dey aint no fun in bcin a King7 _t>rer J\ab-
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