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Hole too little fer Brer Fox fer ter git in, en he hatter lay down en res en gedder his mine tergedder. "While he wuz layin' dar, Mr. Buzzard come floppin' 'long, en seein' Brer Fox stretch out on de groun', he lit en view de premusses. Den Mr. Buzzard sorter shake his wing, en put his head on one side, en say to hisse'f like, sezee: "'Brer Fox dead, en I so sorry, sezee.
We ain't got no great doin's at our house, but I speck de ole 'oman en de chilluns kin sorter scramble roun' en git up sump'n fer ter stay yo' stummick. "'I'm 'gree'ble, Brer Rabbit, sez Brer Fox, sezee. "'Den I'll 'pen' on you, sez Brer Rabbit, sezee. "Nex' day, Mr.
"'Is dey many un um down dar, Brer Rabbit? sez Brer Fox, sezee. "'Lots un um, Brer Fox; scoze en scoze un um. De water is natchully 'live wid um. Come down en he'p me haul um in, Brer Fox, sez Brer Rabbit, sezee. "'How I gwineter git down, Brer Rabbit? "'Jump inter de bucket, Brer Fox. Hit'll fetch you down all safe en soun'.
"'How you git out de fier, Brer Tarrypin? sez Brer Fox, sezee. "'Sot en tuck it, Brer Fox, sez Brer Tarrypin, sezee. 'Sot en tuck it, en de smoke sif' in my eye, en de fier scorch my back, sez Brer Tarrypin, sezee. "'Likewise hit bu'n yo' tail off, sez Brer Fox, sezee.
"Well, de king uv dat kentry, he 'low he nuber want no prayin' bout 'im; he sez, sezee, 'I want de thing fur ter stop'; but Brer Dan'l, he nuber studid 'im; he jes prayed right on, tell by'mby de king he 'low dat de nex' man wat he cotch prayin' he wuz gwine cas'm in de lions' den.
'You may be God Almighty, sez Nebraska Bill, sezee, 'but you look a d d sight more like a hoss-stealin' Apache, and we don't want any of your psalm-singing, big-talkin' peacemakers interferin' with our ways of treatin' pizen, you hear me? I'm shoutin', sezee. With that the dark-complected man's eyes began to glisten, and he sorter squirmed all over to get at Bill, and Bill outs with his battery.
Den Brer Wolf up'n tell 'im dat de way fer ter git de drap on Brer Rabbit wuz ter git 'im in Brer Fox house. Brer Fox dun know Brer Rabbit uv ole, en he know dat sorter game done wo' ter a frazzle, but Brer Wolf, he talk mighty 'swadin'. "'How you gwine git 'im dar? sez Brer Fox, sezee. "'Fool 'im dar, sez Brer Wolf, sezee. "'Who gwine do de foolin'? sez Brer Fox, sezee.
"'Who be you? sezee. 'I'm Philip Atherly, a member of Congress, sez the long, dark-complected man, sezee, 'and I'm on a commission for looking into this yer Injin grievance, sezee.
'I don't mine fightin', Brer Coon, no mo' dan you duz, sezee, 'but I declar' ter grashus ef I kin stan' ticklin'. Git me in a row whar dey ain't no ticklin' 'lowed, en I'm your man, sezee.
"Den Brer Tarrypin, he up'n say, sezee: "'Well, ef you gwineter sell 'im, Brer Rabbit, sezee, 'sell him some'rs out'n dis naberhood, kase he done bin yer too long now, sezee.
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