The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-06-23
STORIES FOR CHILDREN FROM DIXIE,
Br'er Hare and Br'er Elephant.
CRcloased for Sunday, July ard, 1881

brother, or, as black NANNY used to
say, br'er.
A mischief making fox told the ele-
phant that the hare said some mean
things about him, so he got very angry
and called the hare sneaking little Or
chard robber and garden thief. Then
the same fox told what the elephant
said, and the hare broke into laugh
aud replied: "Humph! l don't mind
what that beast says, for he is nothing
but great hog, with overgrown snout
and tusks." When the elephant heard
this he was SO mad that he snerted
around and paved the earth like wild
OK.
Then he went to the terrapin and
said eff you will help me to catch
that little rascal will make you rich. F."
Old terrapin poked his head out of
his she'll. blinked his eyes and answer
ed: "GO and get in your bed, pretend
that you are dying, then that you are
dead and then, if do not bring cum
ming Mr.. Hare within reach of your
trunk, you may kill me for fool. "
The elephant went and laid down
under tree, pretending to be very i'll.
After awhile he pretended TO be dead,
and the many animals around him said:
''Poor Br'er Elephant. he is dead and
gone. ."
That same day Br'er Hare was in his
house, and, seeing the terrapin come
up, he said "Good- morning, Br'er
Terrapin, what's all the news with
you?"
Old terrapin did not speak, but
burst out crying; "Boo-heo Boo-hoo!
Then Br'ef HMe said ':What is the
matter, Br'er TerrapinG Why are you
crying so2"
"Dan't you know, Br'er Hare
Why, poor Br'er Elephant is dead"
"You don't say so, Br'er Terrapinl
Well am mighty sorry, for Br'er Ele-
phant and I used to be great friends. T."
81 know it Br'er Hare; Br'er Ele-
phant grieyed mighty, bacanse you and
he fell out, and asked me to beg you
to come and help to bury him. He
said he GOULD not rest IN his grave, il
You did not
"I'll do it, Br'er Terrapin, Go ahead
and TIL catch you" And then, when
the terrapin left, he secuted around in
the bushes ana GepnN opt something;
after which he caught up with the ter
rapin. When they got near TO the ele-
phant, the hafe stopped and said: "He
don't look like he is dead good. A
man is never really dead good until lie
coughs three times.
Now the elephant heard him and
thought he must prove that he was
dead indeed, so he coughed, ugh -hool
Ugh-hoo! Ugh-hoo" Then GINNING
Br'er Hare bRfst QHti Ah-A -ha-ha!
A dead man can't epughl Ha- ha-ha-
hah! A dead man can't cQughl" and
ran off Laughing, This made Br'er
Elephant so mad, that be jumped up,
ran at the terrapin and mashed him to
leath with his great foot.
| Next he went to the owl and said.
"Br'er Owl, if you will show me how
to catch thai me4n little nare, I'll kill
hm and you may have him for your
supper"
Tie hare was watching, for he ez-
pected the elephant would try to catch
him, SO he crept through the grass and
into small hollow in the OWLS tree
Then he climbed up close to the OWLS
house and heard hiH say ;iAll right
Br'er Elephant, q hare will risk any
thing for q good apple, Naw. il yor
will get piece of hollow log, jus
leng and large enough to run you
trunk through, lay it in the hare''
path aud put nice apple in It, he will
find that apple aud walk right int
your trap. Then after few days, YET
must go there some dark night, liz
down at the end of the log farthes
from chs hare's h9Eae, put yopr trunl
into the log, and, when he comes fo
his apple, set the log on end, run youl
trunk down and kill the little rascal
But don't forget 10 save the meat fo
me, Br'er Elephant, for hare's meat i
the sweetest in the worldn Then th
elephant did as the owl said, and th
hare went to the log and got fine ap
pie every evening for several days.
One day he was sitting in his house
studying how to get even with the ele
, phant and rattlesnake that was ais
always trying to catch bin. bin. All a
once he jumped up aAd ran to th
marsh, where he gnawed off piece c
milkweed, which he dragged along an
put into the hollow leg. Where th
weed was dragged, it left little ira
of milk in the path The snake wa
a trying to creep up on the hsre an
found the milk, SO he kept wngglin
:. along, licking itup, until ne got to tl
4 log, when he sucked the weed DIR,
3 Every eyeping after that lhp hare pr
1 a piece OF milkweed in the log, whe
l he took put the apple, and the snail
s came and sucked ont the milk.
4 Well, one day it reipea and Br'