How all down at yo' house? How Miss Brune en Miss Brindle?"
"Who was that, Uncle Remus?" the little boy interrupted.
"Miss Brune en Miss Brindle? Miss Brune wuz Brer B'ar's ole
'oman, en Miss Brindle wuz his gal. Dat w'at dey call um in dem
days. So den Brer Rabbit, he ax him howdy, he did, en Brer B'ar,
he 'spon' dat he wuz mighty po'ly, en dey amble 'long, dey did,
sorter familious like, but Brer Rabbit, he keep one eye on Brer
B'ar, en Brer B'ar, he study how he gwine nab Brer Rabbit. Las'
Brer Rabbit, he up'n say, sezee:
"'Brer B'ar, I speck I got some bizness cut out fer you,' sezee.
"'What dat, Brer Rabbit?' sez Brer B'ar, sezee.
"'W'iles I wuz cleanin' up my new-groun' day 'fo' yistiddy,' sez
Brer Rabbit, sezee, 'I come 'cross wunner deze yer ole time bee-
trees. Hit start holler at de bottom, en stay holler plum der de
top, en de honey's des natchully oozin' out, en ef you'll drap
yo' 'gagements en go longer me,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, 'you'll
git a bait dat'll las' you en yo' fambly twel de middle er nex'
mont',' sezee.
"Brer B'ar say he much oblije en he bleeve he'll go long, en wid
dat dey put out fer Brer Rabbit's new-groun', w'ich 'twa'n't so
mighty fur.
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