The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-10
A LYING FROG.
How Young Mulk,,tle Offended the Ola Man and How lie Re.ns;atct
 Himself

What's tia; you are boiling. Uncle Ike :" asked young Mulki;,le of the old African. as ne sa, Tn ,he aged oracles cabin.
 "i SC makln' some chicken soup. faf sick man."
 Who IS the man
 "l is, chile" and he old man i5o,. ,ae lid oti the pei, chucAled and pu, !, on again.
 Why, you am, sick. are you =
 "Allus slok, honey, dAt IS. when chicken soup cuts a hgger in de transae- ton. Chicken soup IS powerful me bu, ef yer wants de bes' soup in de Ian. wy yei res gi, CT bull frawg. Ka; de frawgs roun heah dom noun, ter nu,hin' fur das so powerful little. Frawss hab fell of nightly sense ken reoolleek
 "Did you ever see any b. frogs = asked the child.
 lse seed 'em what could swallow et s,raw~hat an den laugh bou, dc faek. Wy. sah. a frawg go; in my daddy's well an swallowed de bucke, an wen we went ter draw him up. he braced his laigs eEgin de sides O de vel, an blame ef we could budge i'm
 How did you get him ou, =
 Wy. ar,er drinkin' all the water in de we'll he got mighty dry. Den he got sick an flung up de bucket. was standin' near de we'll wen bim, up come de bucket wid de chain er-rat,liH. Neber seed de like. Dis whole country us,er long ter de hawgs, case da come hcah fust. One day wen, down Ter de nber ter keich CT few hsh. All at wuns, l looked up and seed mons,rous frawg settin' out on CT rock. I'll les hl, yer onct fur luck s'l. tuck up CT chunk ter fling it when de old irawg. he say, Mine whar ger fling dem chunks Dis made me open my eyes, femme tell yer.
 - Whu. right hab yer go, ter isher yer orders 'roun' me: sl.
 "' Neber mine, he say. Hi, me wid da, chunk an'll hur, yer
 Whu, can vessel do wld a big man like me : s'I. "' Weber mine, sez he. H.; me wid dat chunk. an'li come GU, dar an wipe up de groan' wid yer lse been heah too long fur man ter come roun fingin CT chunks at me.
 "' How long hsb yer been heah 7 sl,
 "' Neber mine, say he. Wen come heah dis riber wan :, nuthin but cow path
 An da, wur fack, honey. Oh he go, dar befo anything. He wu1 de fus, pusson ter git dar.'
 Did he get there before the birds 7"
 Fore ebeythin', l tells yer
 Before the snakes -
 Wy. de snakes want matched wen he come
 '' Before the cows i'
 Yas; long befo' de COWS"
 '' An the river was oow-path when he come ?'
 YAs no,hin' bu, eo~-pa,h."
 Well, what made the path -
 Huh: :'
 Ii the frog was the first thing to come how did the ooEs make the path =
 Didn l tell yer da, de frawg wuz de fus,!r
 Yes, bu, what made the path :''
 Ia kcre, boy, la kere."
 But want to know
 Go on, now; go on. Doan' wan: ter hab no,hin' more ter do wid yer De bible am got no use fur de boy wha, ,nes ter ke;ch de ole man in CT lie. Co on. an think dat ce ole man, what am de bes frien' yer eber had, IS liAr.-
 l don, think you are liar. Uncie Ike You don't blame me for wan,in 10 kno~, do you =
 Il planes yer fur tyin' ter pick me up. icouldn' hep whu. de blame frawg said. 'Twan'i none O my procklerma- ton"
 |" Bu, you said that the frog told the truth
 "Go on, tell yer, an doaa' yer come back heah no mo-" You aint got any butter to pu, in lyouE soup, Uncle Ike"