Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-13

BRER RABBIT, BRER FOX AND THE
TAR-BABY.


"Didn't the fox never catch the
rabbit, Uncle Remus ~ asked the
little boy TO whom tile old man de-
lights to relate his stories.
"He come mighty nigh It, honey,
sho's you bawn-Brer Fox did.
One day arter Brer Rabbit fooled
him wild dat calamus root, Brer
Fox went to wuk en- got lin some
tar, en- MKT il wild some turkentine,
en- fixt up a eontrapshun dat he call
a tar-baby, en- he tuck dis yer tar
baby en- he sot 'er in de big road,
den he laid off In de big road, den
he laid off i'm de bushes fer ter see
wat lie news wuz gwine to be. En-
he didn't halter wait long, nudder,
Gaze bimeby here come Brer Rabbit,
pacin' down the rOad-lippity-clip-
pity, clippity-lippity-des ez sassy
ez hotel nigger. Brer Fox, he lay
low. Brer Rabbit come prancin'
long tell he spied de tar-baby en-
den he fotch up on his behime legs
like he wuz 'stonished. DE tar-ba-
by, she sot dar, en- Brer Fox, he lay
low.
"Mawnin' ~ sez Brer Rabbit,
sezee-'nice wedder dis mawnin,'
sezee.
''Tar-baby amt sayin' nuthin',
en- Brer Fox, he lay low.
" How duz yO' symptums seem
ter segashuate" " seq Brer Rabbit,
sezee.
"Brer Fox, he wink his eye sIow,
en- lay low, en- de Tar-bahy he nin't
sayin' nuthin'.
F" How you come on, den? Is
you deaf p sez Brer Rabbit, sezee.
'Caze eff you is, kin holler louder
sezee.
"Tar-baby keep quiet, en- Brer
Fox, he lay low.
" 'Xouer stuck up, tlat's wat you
is says Brer Rabbit, sezee, ZEN Pm
gwine to kyore you. dat's wat Pm
a gwinter do sezee.
"Brar Fox, he sorter chuckle in
his stummuck, but 1'ar-baby ain't
sayin' nuthin'.
"'I'm gwineter lsrn you how
ter talk ter 'spectObble people ef
hits de las ack, se2 Brer Rabbit,
sezee. 'Ef you don't take off dat
hat en- tell me howdy Pm gwineter
bus you wide open, sezee.
'4Tar-baby set still, en- Brer Fox,
he lay low.
"Brer Rabbit keep Oh akin i'm,
en- de Tar-baby keep on sayin' nuth-
in twell presently Brer Rabbit
draw back wild his fis'. en- blip he
tuck him sine er de head Right
lars whar he broke his mOlasses
ug. His fis' stuck en- he couldn't
pull loose. DE tar hilt i'm.
Eff you don't lemme go, I'll hit
you agin,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, en-
Hid dat he fotch him wipe wild de
Idder ham en- dat stuck. Brer Fox,
ne lay low. 1911
" Turn me loose, 'fo' / kick de
natal stuffin outen you,' SEE Brer
Rabbit, sezee, but de Tar-baby hilt
IN, en- den Brer Rabbit los de use
IN his feet in de same way. Brer
sOx, he lay low. Den Brer Rabbit
qualled out dat ef de Tar-baby
lidn't turn i'm loose he'd butt i'm
en- he butted en- his
lead got fastened. lea Brer Fox,
10 sa'ntered fort, lnOkin' des ez
yunner yo' mammy's mockin'-
,irds.
'Howdy, Brer Rabbit, sez Brer
Fox, seZee. you look sorter stuck
Ip dis mawnin, sezee, en- den he
oiled on de groun', en- laft en- laft
well he couldn't laff no mo-. 81
peck you'll take dinner wild me dis
ime, Brer Rabbit. / done laid in
Ome calamus root, Ell | amt gwine
or take no skuce, sez Brer Fox,
ezee."
Here Uncle Remus paused and
rev a two-pound yam out of the
shes.
"Did the fox eat the rabnit?p
sked the little boy to whom the
tory had been told.
"Dat's all de fur de tale goes" re-
lied the old man. "IIe mout, en-
en- agin he moutent. Some say
edge Bar come long EN- lo0sed i'm
some say he didn't. / only tell
on dat wat i knows. / hear Miss
ally callin'. You better run long"
Atlanta (GG.) Constitution.