"'Heyo, Sis Cow! whar you gwine?' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee.
"'Howdy, Brer Big-Eyes,' sez Miss Cow, sez she. 'Is you seed Brer
Rabbit go by?'
"'He des dis minit pass,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, 'en he look
mighty sick,' sezee.
"En wid dat, Miss Cow tuck down de road like de dogs wuz atter
er, en Brer Rabbit, he des lay down dar in de brier-patch en roll
en laugh twel his sides hurtid 'im. He bleedzd ter laff. Fox
atter 'im, Buzzard atter 'im, en Cow atter 'im, en dey ain't
kotch 'im yet."
X. MR. TERRAPIN APPEARS UPON THE SCENE
"MISS SALLY'S" little boy again occupying the anxious position
of auditor, Uncle Remus took the shovel and "put de noses er de
chunks tergedder," as he expressed it, and then began:
"One day, atter Sis Cow done run pas' 'er own shadder tryin' fer
ter ketch 'im. Brer Rabbit tuck'n 'low dat he wuz gwineter drap
in
en see Miss Meadows en de gals, en he got out his piece er
lookin'-glass en primp up, he did, en sot out. Gwine canterin'
long de road, who should Brer Rabbit run up wid but ole Brer
Tarrypin--de same ole one-en-sixpunce. Brer Rabbit stop, he did,
en rap on de roof er Brer Tarrypin house."
"On the roof of his house, Uncle Remus?" interrupted the little
boy.
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