Den Brer Wolf
he put in en holp Brer B'ar pull, but des like he didn't, en den
dey all holp 'im, en, bless grashus! w'iles dey wuz all a
pullin', Brer Tarrypin, he holler, en ax um w'y dey don't take up
de slack.
"Den w'en Brer Tarrypin feel um quit pullin', he dove down, he
did, en ontie de rope, en by de time dey got ter de branch, Brer
Tarrypin, he wuz settin' in de aidge er de water des ez natchul
ez de nex' un, en he up'n say, sezee:
"'Dat las' pull er yone wuz a mighty stiff un, en a leetle mo'n
you'd er had me,' sezee. 'You er monstus stout, Brer B'ar,'
sezee, 'en you pulls like a yoke er steers, but I sorter had de
purchis on you,' sezee.
"Den Brer B'ar, bein's his mouf 'gun ter water atter de
sweetnin,' he up'n say he speck de candy's ripe, en off dey put
atter it!"
"It's a wonder," said the little boy, after a while, "that the
rope didn't break."
"Break who?" exclaimed Uncle Remus, with a touch of
indignation in his tone--"break who? In dem days, Miss Meadows's
bed-cord would a hilt a mule."
This put an end to whatever doubts the child might have
entertained.
*1 Help; helped.
XXVII. WHY MR. POSSUM HAS NO HAIR ON HIS TAIL
"HIT look like ter me," said Uncle Remus, frowning, as the
little boy came hopping and skipping into the old man's cabin,
"dat I see a young un 'bout yo' size playin' en makin' free wid
dem ar chilluns er ole Miss Favers's yistiddy, en w'en I seed
dat, I drap my axe, en I come in yer en sot flat down right whar
you er settin' now, en I say ter myse'f dat it's 'bout time fer
ole Remus fer ter hang up en quit.
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