. Told by Uncle Remus : new stories of the old plantation . 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
. Told by Uncle Remus : new stories of the old plantation . 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. Dey wuz calamus root a-plenty down dar,an Brer Rabbit, atter lookin de groun over,promise hissef dat he d fetch a basket de nextime he come, an make one trip do fer two. Heaintbeen down dar long fo he had a good chance BROTHER RABBIT AND BROTHER BULL-FROG 217 fer ter hear Brer Bull-Frog at close range. Hehear him, he v did, an he shake his headan say dat a %f c mighty little bit er dat mu- V **L/ sic would go a long ways,. ied tm doirw todes <fe kaze dey aint nobody what kin stan flat-foot-ed an say dat Brer Bull-Frog is a bettersinger dan de mockin-bird. 218 TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS Well, whiles Brer Rabbit wuz pirootin rounfer ter see what mought be seed, he git deidee dat he kin hear thunder way off yander. He lissen agin, an he hear
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