The Russellville Democrat., 1892-09-01

"De little Rabs play off furder en furder, but dey know zackly what gwine on. Dey frisk en dey frolic, but dey got der years wide open.
 "Den Brer Wolf make bargain wid Brer Fox dat when Brer Rab bit git home one un um 'ud git m wrapped up in 'spute bout fust one thing en den anudder, whiles tudder one 'ud go out en ketch de little Rabs.
 "Brer Fox low, You better do de talkin', Brer Wolf, en femme coax de little Rabs off. l got mo winnin ways wid chilluns dan what you is
 "Brer Wolf say, You can't make gourd out'n pumpkin, Brer Fox. l gin't no talker. To tongue lots slicker dan mine. kin bite lots better'n 1 kin talk. Dem little Rabs don't want no coaxin' dey wants ketchin', dat what dey want. You keep ole Brer Rabbit busy, en I'll ten ter de little Rabs.
 HBofe un um know'd dat which ever coteh de little Rabs, de tudder one ain't gwine smell hide ner ha'r un um, en dey flew up en got ter sputin' en whiles dey wuz gwine on dat away, de little Rabs put off down de road blickety -bluckity fer ter meet der daddy. Kaze dey know'd eff dey stayed dar dey'd git in big trouble.
 ''Dey went off down de road, de little Rabs did, en dey ain't gone so mighty fur 'fo' dey meet der daddy comm long home. He had his walkin- cane in one han en jug in de udder, en he look ez big es life en twice ez natchul.
 "De little Rabs run to'rds i'm en holler, What you got, daddyf What you got, daddyi'
 nBrer Rabbit say, 'Nothin' but a jug CT lasses.'
 sDe little Rabs holler, 'Lemme tas e, daddy! Lemme tas'e daddy 7"
 "Den old Brer Rabbit sot de jug down in le road en let um lick de stopper CT time CT two, en alter dey git der win back, dey up en tell i'm bout de 'greement dat Brer Wolf en Brer Fox done make, en bout de spute what dey had Ole Brer Rabbit sorter laugh ter hisse'f en den he pick up his jug en jog on to rds home. When he git near dar, he stop en tell de little Rabs fer ter stay back dar out CT sight, en wait twel he call um fo' dey coms. Dey wuz mighty glad to do dis kaze dey done seed Brer Wolf tushes en Brer Fox red tongue, en dey huddle up in de brown sage ez still ez mouse in de -four bar'l.
 "Brer Rabbit went on home en shoo nuf, he fin Brer Wolf en Brer Fox waitin' fer i'm. Dey'd done settle der 'spute, en dey wuz settin' dar des ez smilin' ez baskit CT chips. Dey pass de time CT day wid Brer Rabbit, en den dey ax i'm what he got in de jug. Brer Rabbit hummed en haw'd en look sorter sollum.
 "Brer Wolf look like he wuz bleedze ter fin out what wuz in de jug, en he keep on pesterin' Brer Rabbit bout it, but Brer Rabbit des shake his head en look sollum, en talk bout de wedder en de crops, en one thing en nudder. Bimeby Brer Fox make out he wuz gwine at ter a drink CT water, en he slip out, he did, fer ter ketch de little Rabs. Time he git out de house Brer Rab- bitlook all 'roun' ter see eff he lis min, en den he went ter de jug en pull out de stopper.
 "He han it ter Brer Wolf en say, 'Tas'e' datl'
 "Brer Wolf tas'e de lasses en smack his mouf. He low, What kinder truck dati Hit sho is good
 "Brer Rabbit git up close to Brer Wolf en say, Don't tell nobody. Hits fox blood"
 "Brer Wolf look 'stonish'. He low, How you knowf'
 "Brer Rabbit say, I knows what l know
 "Brer Wolf Tow, Gimme some mo-. :"
 "Brer Rabbit say, You kin git ! some fer yo'se'f easy huff, en de fresher 'tis de better. y
 "Brer Wolf low, "How you knowin
 "Brer Rabbit say, I knows what | l knows
 "Wid dat Brer Wolf stepped out en start to rds Brer Fox. Brer Fox seed lem comin' en he sorter backed 1 off. Brer Wolf got little closer, en bimeby he make a dash at Brer Fox. Brer Fox dodge, he did, en den he put out fer de woods wid Brer Wolf right at his heels.
 Den, alter so long a time, alter Brer Rabbit got done laughin' he call up de little Rabs, gi' um some .lasses fer supper en spanked um en sent um ter bed. 1"
 "Well, what did hespank 'em for, Uncle Remusf' asked the little boy.
 "Ter make um grow, honey des ter make um grow. Young creeturs got to have der hide loos- ened dat away same ez young chil- l.-