The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-08-19
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Little Johnnie's Talk about Frogs,
Elephants, Bears and other
Wild Animals.

There was a frog and an elephant,
and the elephant it said to the frog:
"Where would you be if l wude
step on to you?"
The frog said:
'You must be a mighty big fool if
yon think such an act as that would
make Inc go away"
The elephant said he meant what
wude become Of the frog, which thot
while and then sed 1.-The frog did:
"Well, | won't deny that if you
done it purpose, and bore on as
hord as you cude, it wude make me
hoppin' mad"
Then the elephant made figure 8
out of his proboscus, which is their
way to smile, and wockcd OFF like hc
was tickle to death, but when tickle
Missy, that's my sisters nose with a
grass while she was asleep she snozc
and rubbed it with her forehnger, and
her feets is ticklish, too, on their bot
toms. r.5fts-u r.t r.
Mister Pitched, that's the preacher,
he says: XIX. u s.t
"Onc time frog and a hop todc
they met and the frog sassed the hop
tode COS it was clumsy, but the tode
it sgd: IF you come here on this fat
stone, where we can start even, lie
beat you iampin', best two Of g.
$50 they done it, and the first time
tode it only Just cleared the stone, hut
the frog it went up so hi that it hurt
itself coming down, and couldn't jump
no more at all, and the tode beat it
the other two times"
Then Billy he spoke up and sed:
$50 the tode won the rubber" :"
and Mister Pitched he sed: civilian,
don't kno' what you mean by rub
ber, 'cos it's a word wich isn't in the
Bible, and is the speech ST the world
| ly and sinhe; but, William, it is true
that it was ordained by Providence
that the tode got away with the odd
game"
Marbles is the game for me, yes in
deed, but no snatchurn,; and tit, tat,
is to mighty good fun too, when | get
three in ro.
And now iletell you story about
bear. One day the bear he went
among a flock d Sleeps and picked
out nice little lamb, and cot it and
the lamb it said ba-ba ba! cos it knew
it was going for to be ct every little
tiny bit up. But the bear took it up
in his fore pos like it was a baby, and
set it up full length and rocked it, and
sed: fiH'
"There, there, never mind, my
precious darlin, where does it hurt
you?"
But the lamb kept hollering loud
er and louder, cos while the bear was
smilin and singing hush boy, hewas
skaweezin liter and liter all the time.
Bilne by the old ramb he seen wot was
up, and he dropt his head, the old
ramb did, and come up like he was
shot out of a gun and lot him have it,
and doubling him upl like he wax a
razor, and set him roolin over and
over without any preshous darlin.
| And wen the bear had pulled hisself
together again and shuk the dust out
of his hair, he sed: ....-,r
II have observed that lamb tails
was quickern lightnin, but l didnet
know they was powerfuller, too.
i Jest then he seed how it was for
there stood the old ramb holding
down his head ready to let him have
) it again, and shaking, like lie sed;
"The little shaver wudept mako
more than mouthful for feller like
you. Guess you better serve np the
!. old man.
But the bear he wocked off a shak-
ing hisn, too much as to say; i' 2
II don't banker after a dinner
which goes against my stomache like
that" qe t1