The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-26
POOLING THE MUsKRATs.
First the Prairie Chickens Paid on
an Old Score with Wie-Sah-Ixc-
Chack.

Hirst the Prairie Chickens Paid on
an Old Score With WIe-Sah-Ixc-
Chsck.
By w. A. Fraser.
zone time Wesahke was walking on the
Prairie, an he see some young Prairie
Chicken.
Now, Wiesahke couldn't see anything,
not even little bird, without wanting 70
play him some treek; so he went up 80
that chickens an say: Brothers. what
you name? don know YOU
We cali The Birds that frlgh'en peo-
pie say the young Chickens
" Ha, ha, ha;' laugh wiesahke. You
couldn' fright no body
" That's our name say the Little
Birds.
''Wiesahke he walk some. an he get
cross. He think the Little Birds play
some joke on hlml so he 60 back an
buse them. He pull their feathers out
an say, Now, you fright somebody.
Then he go way again.
when the Little Birds father an
mother came back, they say, Who do
this wicked thing?'
" 'Wiesahke, say the Little Birds. we
toll him our name, an frs he laugh an
go way. then he come back an null our
feather out. This make the old birds mad.
en- soon they gather all the other Chickens
| an tel them what Wiesahke do
Ihen they all go together after him.
TO pay him for that bad thing.
Now, where Wiesahke hes goln' there, q
scme stream, an he mus jump over that
water. The Chickens they know that. an
they all hide IN tibet grass close to where
Wiesahke mus jump.
"The Chief Chicken he tell the otbers
what they mus do for fright Wiesahke,
Then Wiesahke he Is come that stream.
4 mus jump over this he say loud. 'I,u
take two runs at 1t frs for timber me IN.
an the third time 1 jump right over
so he go back apiece an run up YER
tas', an say, Here l go'-but he stop.
He do that once more
Then the third time he come. am he
take great jump an say, Over I eol'
But he doan'. When he jump the Birds
all fly up and make noise like thunder
with their wings. This fright Wiesahke.
an he fall in the water He's fall with
hes head down; it steek In the mud, an
he can get out
Then Wiesahke see mus-rat (musk-
ra0
'Ho, Brotherp he call, come an heIp
me, or I'll drown sure
THE mus rat he help Wlesahke get up.
got nice time. ! like you life YER much.
like be Mus rat. Touch me with YOU
tail, then I'll be Mus rat like you, an
can talk with you. / like be Mus rat
YER much
"'Oh, Wiesahke,' says the Mus rat. 81
'fraid for YOU You always up TO some
treek.'
"1 won play no treek,' say Wiesahke.
I like swim with you.
tail, an he get jus the same's the Rat.
Then he swim, an dive, an play bout
JUS like hes brother.
when Wiesahke steek hes tail out the
water the Mus rat he dive, for that sign
for lookout Wiesahke think this great
fun for fright that Mus rat
" Don do that Brother say the Rat.
That not nice make me dive so much
Where you liver say Wiesahke. 4 like
see you house.
80 oh, no. say the Rat I not Ike show
you. I 'fraid you play all that Rat some
treek'
mo, nor say Wiesahke. 81 like see you
wife an you family. Where you live,
you show me-
80 the Rat he take Wieshake hes house
Plenty Rats there. When he tell them
that's We,sahke. the old Rats they 'fraid
They say Wiesahke play you some treek
sure"
:" No. he YER good; he nice fellow, say
the Rat.
$50 he stop with them there an by-
n-bye they all like him.
zone day Wiesahke say, Let us have
some fun. Let us have a foot race"
" We can run say the Rats. our
legs they too short; the grass Is long II
we run there we can see-we get los'.'
" Oh say Wiesahke, I'll show you. II
you all run on the grass you'll beat Il
Down You tails will make It fat. an
you'll get a good road; then you can live
on land same as in water
$50 Wiesahke he make big foot race.
The Rats run many time where he show
them, an soon they get one good road.
f." Now say Wiesahke, you all go the
other end, an run here where l stan
can run YER fas', so III run after with
the one that wins
Then they al go down to the other
end an Wiesahke gets hes steek, an
waits by the water. Then they run an
come one by one, an Wesahke kills them
with his steek.
Z" Now. / kill them ALL he say There
are no more Rats an he change back
into hes own self again. Then he see
something in the water. It's that Mus
rat that touched him with hes tail before.
Il 'fraid you play some treek, Wies-
alike, so 1 stop my house say the Rat.
IAN from him an hes wife come the
rats again